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A GATEWAY INTO ENGLISH 

FOR 

CHINESE STUDENTS 


BY 


ELIZABETH THOMPSON GOWDY, B.A. 

TEACHER IN THE ANGLO-CHINESE COLLEGE, 
FOOCHOW, CHINA 


ASSISTED BY 

LAURA GERE THOMPSON, B.A. 

FORMERLY TEACHER IN WYOMING SEMINARY, 
KINGSTON, PENN., U.S.A. 


1300ft £>ue 



SILVER, BURDETT AND COMPANY 

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO 



Copyright, 1918, 1920, by 
SILVER, BURDETT AND COMPANY 


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27 1920 

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PREFACE 


The single aim of this little book is that it may help in teaching Chinese 
students how to read, speak, and write English intelligently and naturally. 
So many students who can read and write English fairly well are utterly at 
a loss if asked a simple question in English. This is because their instruction 
in English conversation has been a side issue, instead of being made the most 
essential feature of the course from the very beginning. Most schools use one 
textbook for reading and another for conversation, thus necessitating the learn¬ 
ing of two separate vocabularies; but much time and effort can be saved by 
using the reading lesson and the conversation lesson to supplement each other. 

The writer does not pretend to have found a complete solution of so difficult 
a problem as the teaching of English to Orientals, but has simply recorded 
here the results of her own experiments in the classroom during fourteen years 
as a teacher of elementary English in China. She has been assisted in the com¬ 
position of the book by one who has had wide experience in teaching English in 
the secondary schools of America. 

It is hoped that no teacher will attempt to use this book without first having 
read through the “ Hints for Teaching, 1 ” and the various other suggestions to be 
found in the accompanying Teacher’s Manual. It is only fair to ask that these 
suggestions should not be set aside until they have been given at least a year 
of thorough trial. The book is so condensed that unless the supplementary 
work suggested is carefully planned and carried out by the teacher, the lessons 
cannot be properly assimilated. Teachers who prefer to follow old-fashioned 
methods would do far better to use old-fashioned books. ^ 

As there are at present in China many more classes of elementary English 
for boys than for girls, the lessons have been written largely with a class of 
boys in mind; but with a few simple changes here and there, the dialogues 
and games, and even the reading lessons, may easily be used by a class of 
girls. The lack of a universal language in China has made it seem best to 
leave blank spaces for proper names, to be filled in by the pupils with loca 
names already familiar to them. 

iii 


IV 


PREFACE 


Grateful acknowledgment is made to Professor A. Duncan Yocum of the 
Department of Pedagogy of the University of Pennsylvania, who has criticized 
the manuscript with especial reference to the principles of pedagogy involved. 

The Anglo-Chinese College, 

Foochow, China. 


PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 

The second edition of this little book ought to be more helpful than the 
first because it incorporates many valuable suggestions made by other teachers 
of beginning English classes who have given the book a year’s trial. Especial 
acknowledgment should be made to Mr. L. Kingsley Underhill of Westminster 
College, Chinchew, Fukien, and to the Rev. Charles S. Champness of the Wes¬ 
leyan Mission, Yiyang, Hunan. 

The English-Chinese vocabulary in the back of the book may seem like a 
contradiction to the principle that during the first two years of English there 
should be no translation. Yet neither the vocabulary nor the list of words at 
the head of each lesson is intended to.be used in presenting new words to the 
student. It is understood that all the words in a lesson together with their 
meanings have gradually been made familiar to the student through conver¬ 
sation some days before they are presented on the printed page. If this method . 
is not followed, it will be impossible for the student to assimilate the long lists of new 
words given at the head of most of the lessons in Part II. The chief purpose of 
these lists is to enable the teacher to know what words should be introduced 
a few days in advance of each lesson. The English-Chinese vocabulary is to 
be used like a dictionary, to verify or correct one’s memory as to the meaning 
or pronunciation of a word already learned. The wise use of such a vocabulary 
and the familiarity that it gives one with the main diacritical markings will do 
much to promote the dictionary habit. 

The fact that in the second edition the instructions for teachers are published 
under separate cover, in the form of a Teachers’ Manual, makes it necessary to 
repeat the caution that no one should attempt to teach from this textbook without 
carefully following the manual. The suggestions for games and other supple¬ 
mentary work, if well worked out, will furnish a little of the English-speaking 



PREFACE 


v 


environment so essential to one wishing to acquire a natural, easy use of the 
English language. 

It is hoped that teachers will carefully experiment with the class-study 
method in spelling as outlined in the appendix, and will report as to the suc¬ 
cess of the method compared with results under the old-fashioned method of 
individual study. Any suggestions as to possible adaptations of such a method 
will be welcomed. 


A GATEWAY INTO ENGLISH 
FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


Part I 
































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A GATEWAY INTO ENGLISH FOR 
CHINESE STUDENTS 



a fan a man 

a pan The man 

has have 


LESSON 1 



a cat 

I 

the 

a rat 

You 

The 

an egg 

He 

A, a 


I have a fan. 

You have an egg. 
He has a pan. 

The man has a fan. 
I have a cat. 

You have a pan. 

He has an egg. 

I have a pan. 

You have a fan. 
The cat has a rat. 


WRITTEN WORK 

1. I have-cat. 

2. He has-egg. 

3. You have-fan. 







2 ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 

LESSON 2 

one (wun) two (two) three four (fowr) fan (fan) 

One egg (egg) leg (leg) arm (arm) fans (fang) 

no (no) eggs (eg<7§) legs (legg) arms (armg) 

I have two legs. 

You have two legs. 

He has one leg. 

A cat has four legs. 

You have two arms. 

The man has two arms. 

# I have one arm. 

A cat has no arms. 

One, two, three! 

You have three fans. 

One, two, three, four! 

He lias four eggs. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. I have-arms. 2. A rat has-legs. 

3. The man has-eggs. 

* The pupil reading this line puts one arm inside his coat, to make his words 
appear true. 





ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


3 


LESSON 3 


and (and) 

eye 

hand (hand) 

nose (no§e) 

you (you) 

ear (ear) 
ears (ear§) 

eyes 

How 

hands (hands) 
many (men'y) 

noses (nos'eg) 

You ( Fou) 


I have one nose. 

I have two ears. 

I have two eyes. 

I have two arms and two hands. 

(The pupils use each other’s names in the blanks. One pupil reads the 
question and another the answer, modulating the voice accordingly.) 

How many noses has-? 

-has one nose. 

How many ears has-? 

He has two ears. 

How many hands has-? 

He has two hands and two arms. 

How many hands have you ? 

I have two hands and two arms. 

How many eyes have you ? 

I have two eyes. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. You-two ears. 

2. He-one nose. 

3. I-two hands. 












4 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 

LESSON 4 


What can (ean) see hen (hen) 

any (en'y) Can (Gan) lay (lay) hens (hens) 

in (in) my (my) My (My) Yes (Yes) 

(One pupil reads a question and another pupil reads the reply.) 


Wliat can you see? 

I can see a lien. 

Can you see any eggs? 
Yes, I can see many eggs. 
How many hens have you 
I have four hens. 

My hens lay many eggs. 

How many eggs have I in the pan? 

You have three eggs in the pan. 

How many legs has a hen ? 

A hen has two legs. 



? 



WRITTEN WORK 

(Review) 

1. I can see-ear. 

2. I can see-nose. 

3. My hens-- no hands. 

4. A man-two hands and two legs. 






fat (fat) 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 



little (lit't’l) run (run) 

Run (Run) 


Can you see a cat? 

Yes, I can see a cat and a fat little rat. 
Can the rat see the cat ? 

Yes, the rat can see the cat. 

The rat can run. 

The cat can run. 

Run, little rat! Run! 

Where can the little rat run ? 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. You can see a-. 

2. I have three-in my hand. 

3. My hen lays many-. 

4. I have two-and two-. 

5. How-eyes have you ? 


where 

Where 









ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 



who (who) 
Who ( Who) 
book (book) 


this (tills) 
This (This) 
Oh (oh) 


LESSON 6 

friend (friend) is (is) no (no) 

boy Is Of) No (No) 

hat (hat) your (your) not (not) 

his (hig) 

Who is this? 

This is my friend. 

Is your friend a man? 

Oh, no! he is not a man. He 
is a boy. 

What has he in his hand? 

He has a hat in his hand. 
W T hat have you in your hand ? 
I have a book in my hand. 
Can your friend see my fan ? 
No, he cannot see your fan. 


WRITTEN WORK 

1. -is a man. 

2. -is a boy. 

3. He has a — 

4. This is a — 

5. Is- 

6. He is not a 


your friend ? 












ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 7 

LESSON 7 


cup (cup) 

tea (tea) 

water (wa/ter) 

there 

but (but) 

it (it) 

some 

There 

two (two) 

boy 

have (have) 

three 

Two (Two) 

boys 

Have (Have) 

Three 


all (al?) 

give (give) 

will (wilZ) 


I have a cup in my hand. Have you a cup,-? 

Yes,-, I have a cup in my hand. There is 

some tea in my cup. Is there any tea in your cup ? 

There is not any tea in my cup, but there is some 
water in it. Will you give me some tea? 

Yes, I will give all the boys some tea. 

How many ears have two boys? 

Two boys have four ears. 

How many noses have three boys? 

Three boys have three noses. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. Is there-water in your cup ? 

2. Yes, there is-water in my cup. 

3. There is not-tea in this cup. 


LESSON 8 

A GAME, “HOW MANY? 
(To be supplied by the teacher.) 









8 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


to (to) 

like (like) 

LESSON 9 

goat (goat) 

Mr. Wang (Mr. Wang) 

do (do) 

likes (likes) 

milk (milk) 

Mr. Wang’s (Mr. Wang’s) 

Do (Do) 

some 

goat’s (goat’s) 

eat (eat) 

at (at) 

Some 

goats (goats) 

up (up) 

on (on) 

hill (hilZ) 





What can you see? 

I can see a goat. 

Is this your goat? 

No, it is Mr. Wang’s goat. 

I will give some water to his goat. 

All the goats eat up on the hill. 

Some goats give*milk. Do you like goat’s milk? 
No, I do not like it at all, but I like tea. 


WRITTEN WORK 
(Review Sentences) 

1. Cats like-. 

2. There-not any goats on the hill. 

3. There is not-milk in your cup, but there is- 

tea in it. 

4. Mr. Wang gives-tea to his friend. 

* This meaning of “ give ” should be carefully explained and distinguished 
from the more general meaning. 






ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


9 


near (near) 
fear (fear) 
live (live) 
lives (lives) 
so (so) 


be (be) 
she (she) 
She (She) 

her 

girl 


LESSON 10 

tall (taR) chair 

fall (faU) flower (flow'er) 

stand (stand) flowers (flow'ers) 

stands (stand§) flower-pot (flow'er-pot) 

home (home) 


This little girl lives near my 
home. 

She is a fat little girl. 

She is not tall, so she stands 
up on a chair. She will give you 
some flowers. 

She will fall, I fear. 

Oh, no, she has her hand on the 
flower-pot. She will not fall. 

Can you see the flowers in the 
flower-pot ? 



WRITTEN WORK 

1. I will give some books to-friends. 

2. Have you any milk in-cup ? 

3. He has a hat in-hand. 

4. The man gives some water to -goats. 

5. She lives in-home. 

6. The little girl has not a fan in-hand. 










ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


LESSON H 

SENTENCES WITH ACTION 

(Students are to act out what they are reading. In conversation the names 
of different students should sometimes be substituted for “he” and “they,” to 
give variety and additional drill.) 


walk (waZk) 
walks (waZks) 
we (we) 

We (We) 

they sit down (sit down) read (read) 

They sits down (sits down) reads (reads) 

their open (o'p’n) close (elo§e) 

our opens (6 p’n§) closes (elopes) 

I run. 

We run. 

I walk. 

We walk. 

I stand. 

We stand. 

I sit down. 

We sit down. 

I open my 

book. We open our books. 

I read. 

We read. , 

I close my book. We close our books. 

You walk. 

You walk. 

You stand. 

You stand. 

You open your book. You open your books. 

You read your book. You read your books. 

You close your book. You close your books. 

You run. 

You run. 

You sit down. You sit down. 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


11 


He sits down. 

He opens his book. 
He reads. 

He closes his book. 
He stands. 

He walks. 

He runs. 

-runs. 


They sit down. 

They open their books. 
They read. 

They close their books. 
They stand. 

They walk. 

They run. 

---and- 

run. 


WRITTEN WORK 


1. 

He 

his book. 

4. 

We 

2. 

I 

- down. 

5. 

The boy 

3. 

You - 

-your book. 

6. 

My hen 


good milk, 
many eggs. 


LESSON 12 


good (good) 
does (du§) 
Does 
it (it) 

It 


meat (meat) 
much (much) 
picture (pic'ture) 
pictures (pictures) 
of (ov) 


that (that) 
That (That) 
very (ver'y) 
look (look) 
Look (Look) 


here (here) 

deer 

Deer 

come 

Come 


Do you like to look at pictures? 

Yes, I like very much to look at pictures. 













12 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 



Come here. Look at this picture. What is this? 

That is a picture of a goat. 

Oh, no! This is not a goat. It is a picture of a deer. 
Does a deer give milk ? 

No, a deer does not give milk, but we can eat the meat 
of the deer. Deer meat is very good to eat. 


WRITTEN WORK 

1. Meat is good-. 

2. Books are good- 








ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


13 


LESSON 13 

A PICTURE GAME 
(To be supplied by the teacher.) 


LESSON 14 


all (aU) morning (mornTng) 


come 


comes door (door) 


All (A1Z) say (say) 
may (may) says (ses) 


room 


please (please) 
Please (Please) 
thank 
Thank 
into (in'to) 


now 

Now 

good (good) 
Good (Good) 


Mr. Wang comes into the room and says, “ Good morn¬ 
ing, boys.” 

All the boys stand and say, “ Good morning, Mr. Wang.” 

Mr. Wang sits down and says, “ You may sit down, 
boys.” 

Mr. Wang says, “ Please close the door.” 

One of the boys closes the door. 

Mr. Wang says, “ Thank you. Now you may open your 
books, boys.” 

All the boys open their books. 

What do they see in their books? 


WRITTEN WORK 


1. -a cow give milk ? 3. 


2. -cats like to eat rats ? 


you like to run ? 





14 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


LESSON 15 

are (are) full teacher (teach'er) friend (friend) 

write (write) sir brother (brother) friend's (friend’s) 

city (cit'y) your (your) brother's (brotk'er’s) English (ing'glish) 

name (name) Your (Four) well (weR) Chinese (Chinese') 

What is my name ? 

Your name is Mr.-. You are my teacher. 

What is your name ? 

My name is-. 

Is that your full name ? 

No, sir, that is not my full name. My full name is 


Is that boy your brother,-? 

No, sir, this boy is not my brother, but he is my friend. 
What is your friend’s full name ? 

My friend’s full name is-. 

Where does your friend live ? 

He lives in the city. 

Can you write your name in Chinese and in English ? 

I can write it in Chinese, but I can not write it well in 
English. 

WRITTEN WORK 


1. My full name is- 

2. My brother’s full name is 



















ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


15 


LESSON 16 


door (ddor) 
doors (doors) 
put 
Put 

are (arg) 

Are (Are) 


window (wm'dow) 
windows (wm'dows) 
close (elo§e) 

Close (Close) 
take (take) 


seat (seat) 
seats (seats) 
open (o'p’n) 
Open (O'p’n) 


How many doors are there in this room? 


desk (desk) 
desks (desks) 
too (too) 

out 


There are two doors in this room. 

How many windows are there in the room ? 


There are four windows in the room. 


Please open the window. No, no! Do not open that 
window. Open this one. Close that one. Thank you. 
Put your books in your desks, boys. 

Now you may take out your books. 

(One student reads and another answers the following questions.) 

Are there many seats in this room? 

Are the boys in their seats now ? 

Are there any books on the desks ? 

Can you read Chinese books and English books, too ? 

WRITTEN WORK 


1. There-three windows in this room. 

2. There-one door in this room. 

3. There-many books in that boy’s desk. 





16 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 




ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


17 



LESSON 

17 


which (which) 

fine (fine) 

son 

girl 

Which (Which) 

other (oth'er) 

sons (sons) 

girls 

sister (sis'ter) 

father (farther) 

daughter (dau^A'ter) 

boy 

sisters (sis'ters) 

mother (motk'er) 

daughters (dam/4'ters) 

boy’s 

sister’s (sis'ter’s) 

baby (ba'by) 

know (know') 

or 

woman (wom'an) 

family (fam'ily) 


for 


This is a fine picture of a Chinese family. 

Which is the father? Which is the mother? 

How many sons have they ? 

How many daughters have they ? 

Do you know the name of that tall boy-? 

Do you know the names of his sisters ? 

Is the baby a boy or a girl ? 

How many brothers and sisters have you ? * 

I can see a man, a woman, three boys, and two girls in 
this picture. 

Is there any other picture of a woman in this book? 
Look for one. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. My sister is my father’s-. 

2. Your brother is your father’s-. 

3. There are-boys and-girls in our family. 

*To be answered according to the English method of counting, which ex¬ 
cludes the speaker. 






18 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


LESSON 18 


with (with) 
pen (pen) 
pencil (pen'cil) 
long* (long) 
paw (paw) 
paws (paws) 


wash 

claw (cla w) 

old (old) 

washes 

claws (Haws) 

hold (h5ld) 

word 

hear (hear) 

holds (holds) 

words 

both (b5th) 

catch (ea£ch) 

tongue 

foot (foot) 

catches (ea£ch'g§) 

face 

feet 



My teacher writes English words with his long pencil. 
I write Chinese words with a Chinese pen. 


With what do yon hear? 

I hear with my ears. 

With what does your old cat catch the fat little rat ? 

She catches the rat with her paws and holds it with her 
long claws. 

My cat washes her paw with her tongue and washes her 
face with her paw. 

Can a goat stand on two feet? 

Can you run with one foot? 

No, but I can run with both feet. 


WRITTEN WORK 

1. My father is a-. 4. My sister is a-. 

2. My mother is a •-. 5. My teacher is a-. 

3. My brother is a-. 6. My friend is a-. 

* The sound of o in this word should be half-way between a as in all and 6 
as in not. 








ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


19 


LESSON 19 

(To be supplied by the teacher.) 
WRITTEN WORK 

1. The old cat opens the door with her-. 

2. With what do you see ? I see with my — 

3. The little girl holds that picture with both 


* LESSON 20 

day (day) 
to-day (to-day') 

Good-by (Good'-by') 
another (Snotli'er) 
this (this) 
these (these) 

At the beginning of this dialogue , Speakers 1 and 3 are seated in the room. 
No. 2 knocks at the door. Each part should be acted out as the sentences are read. 

1. Do you hear that? Some one is at the door. 

Please open the door,-, and see who it is. 

2. (At the door) Good afternoon. 

3. Good afternoon, Mr. -. Please come in. 

1. (Rises and says) Good afternoon, Mr.-. Please 

take a seat. Take this chair. 

2. (Sits down and says) How are you to-day, Mr.-? 

* See page 3 of the Manual for suggestions in dramatizing this dialogue. 


will (wilZ) 
Will (WHO 
must (must) 
Must (Must) 
am (am) 
stay (stay) 


thing (thing) 
anything (en'y thing) 

go (go) 

afternoon (aft'er noon') 
cake (cake) 
cakes (cakes) 










20 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


1. I am very well, thank you. How are you ? 

2. Thank you, I am very well. 

No. 8 goes out and comes in with a tray on which are three cups of tea, a plate 
of cakes, etc. He begins to serve the guest, saying, 

3. Will you have a cup of tea, Mr.-? 

2. Yes, thank you. 

3. Will you have milk in your tea? 

2. No, thank you, I do not take anything in my tea. 

1. Will you have a cake? 

2. ( Takes a cake) Thank you, this is very good. 

After a few minutes, No. 1 passes the cakes again, saying, 

1. Please have some of these other little cakes. 

2. No, thank you, I must not take another. ( Rising ) 

3. Must you go now ? 

2. Yes, I can not stay. I must go to see my friend, 

Mr.-. Please come to my home some day. Good-by. 

1 & 3 ( Together ). Good-by. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. Good-. Please come in. 

2. I must go home. Good-. 

3. Will you have some cake,-? 

LESSON 21 

A BLINDMAN’S GAME 
(To be supplied by the teacher.) 








ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


21 



LESSON 22 


these (these) 

fly (fly) 

build (baild) 

those (those) 

flying (fly'ing) 

building (bwild'ing) 

hay (hat/) 

sit (sit) 

read (read) 

box (bdx) 

sitting (sit'ting) 

reading (read'ing) 

bird 

do (do) 

school 

birds 

doing (do'ing) 

take (take) 

bird’s 

use (iise) 

taking (tak'ing) 

bill (biU) 
sill (silO 

using (ug'ing) 
nest (nSst) 

By and by (By and by) 















22 ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 

Look at these two birds. What are they doing ? 

One is flying into the schoolroom. The other is sitting 
on a boy’s desk. He is looking at the boy, but the boy 
does not look up. 

Are those Chinese boys ? 

No, they are English boys. 

What are they doing ? 

They are reading. 

Can you see the bird in the little box? 

Yes, she is the mother bird. The other bird is taking 
the hay in his bill to the little box on the window sill. 

What is the mother bird doing with the hay ? 

She is using it to build a nest in the little box. By 
and by she will lay eggs in the nest. 

Is there a bird’s nest on your window sill? 

No, there is a box on my window sill, but the birds are 
not building in it. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. The mother bird is-a nest. 

2. My teacher is-a cup of tea in his hand. 

3. The birds are not-into this room now. 

4. The boys are-at their desks. 

5. They are not-their pencils. 







ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


23 



LESSON 23 


five (five) 
six (six) 
seven (sev'’n) 
eight (at) 


nine (nine) 
ten (ten) 
new (nu) 
lesson (les's’n) 


toe (toe) 
toes (toes) 
bee 

bees (bee§) 


wing (wing) 
wings (wing§) 
buzz (bhzs) 
Buzz (Buzz) 


Can you see eight bees in this picture ? 

No, Mr. Wang, I can not see eight bees, but I can see 
five bees. 


How many wings has a bee ? 

A bee has two wings. 

How many legs has a bee ? 

A bee has six legs. 

What does a bee say ? 

A bee says, “ Buzz ! buzz ! buzz ! ” 

Are there many new words in this lesson? 

Do you know nine new words ? 

How many toes have you on one foot? 

How many toes are there on both feet ? 

There are ten toes on botli feet. 

My father and mother have seven daughters. How 
many sisters have I? 


24 ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 

There are six sons in our family. How many brothers 
have I? 

How many brothers and sisters have you ? 

WRITTEN WORK 

(Make conditions true.) 

1. -boys are standing. 

2. -boys are sitting down. 

3. There are-books on the window sill. 

4. Our teacher has-pens in that old box. 

LESSON 24 

ill (III) cold (cold) away* (awai/) 

fill (fill) far (far) something (something) 

mill (mill) from (from) sends (sends) 

Your father is not here this afternoon.-. Is 

he ill ? 

No,-, he is not ill,, but it is very cold to-day. 

He is an old man and can not go out in the cold. 

Is your mother well ? 

Yes, thank you, she is very well. She sends you these 
eggs. 

These are fine. Thank her very much. Will yon please 

* The first a in this word should not be pronounced like broad a, but like a 
as in ask . 









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take something to your father and mother for me ? See! 
I will fill this box full of little cakes. 

Oh, thank you! You are very good. They will like 
those very much. 

Here are some flowers for you. 

Thank you very much. 

Where is your home? Is it far from here? 

No,-, it is not far away. It is down near the 

old mill. 

Must you go ? 

Yes, I must go home now and take these cakes to 
father and mother. Good-by,-. 

Good-by,-. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. -’s seat is far from the door. 

2. -’s desk is near our teacher’s desk. 

3. -’s home is-- away. 

4. -t -’s home is-here. 

5. The bird can not fly-—. 

LESSON 25 

A GAME, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” 

(To be supplied by the teacher.) 



















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LESSON 26 


map (map) 
small (smalZ) 
row (row) 
wet (wet) 
net (net) 
star (star) 


large 

land (land) 
sand (sand) 
wish (wish) 
fish (fish) 
hook (book) 


starfish (star'fish') line (line) 
ox (ox) 


sea (sea) 
play (play) 
draw (draw) 
pull (pulZ) 
put (put) 
putting (put'ting) 
cart (cart) 
cargo (ear'go) 


ship (ship) 
ships (ships) 
boat (b5at) 
boats (boats) 
finger (fin'ger) 
fingers (fin'gers) 
man (man) 
men (mSn) 


































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These large ships go far out to sea. 

Do you like to look at the sea? 

Yes, and I like to see the little boats, too. Do those 
small boats go out to sea with the large ships ? 

No, they can not go very far. They must stay near the 
land. 

Can you row a boat? 

I can row a small boat, but I can not row a large one. 

We can sit here and play in the sand. Will you play 
with me ? You and I can draw a map in the sand with 
our fingers. 

I do not like to draw maps. I wisli to take a hook and 
line and catch some fish. 

I like to catch fish with a net. See, this net is wet 
now! There is a starfish in it. 

What are those men putting on the cart? 

They are putting the cargo of the large ship on it. The 
ox will pull the cart. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. A-is very large. 

2. A-is small. 

3. You can-a-. 

4. I can not-a- 

5. He —— to play in the-. 








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LESSON 27 

bring floor (floor) off* (Sf/ 1 ) then (then) head (head) 

Bring under (un'der) coat (coat) Then (Then) study (stud'y) 

hang (hang) still (stiU) cap (cap) get (get) lesson (les's’n) 

Bring your books here,-. 

-, put one book on my desk and another one 

on the window sill. 

-.-, put that book on the floor under your seat. 

-*-, put all your books into your desk. 

- --, you may open the door and go out of the 

room. Put your cap on your head. 

- ? come and stand on the door sill. 

-, take off your cap and hold it in your hand. 

-, hang your coat up on this hook. 

--, take your English book out of your desk. 

*-, take your seat and study your lesson well. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. The boy’s cap is-his desk. 

2. There is a new fan-this box. 

3. Take-your hat at the door. 

4. Put-your coat. 

5. Take your pen-your desk. 

* See footnote on page 18. 

























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bell (bell) 
may (may) 
May (May) 

ring 


ball (ball) 
call (eaU) 
fun (fun) 
kite (kite) 


LESSON 28 

make (make) 
making (mak'ing) 
game (game) 
games (gamej) 


go (go)- 
going (go'ing) 



Will you play ball with the boys to-day ? 

Yes, father says I may play games all j morning. 
There is no school to-day, you know. / The school 
bell will not ring to call the boys from / their play. 
Oh, that is fine! We are going on / the hill to play. 
May my little brother come, too? / 

Yes, he may come with you, / but he is too little 

to play ball. / 

He does not know how to play ball, but he will 
bring a kite. Father is y' making it. 

Are all the boys here ? 

I will see. One, two, three, four, five, six, 

seven, eight, nine. Yes, all are here. 
What fun it will be to play ball with so 
many boys! 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. We like -_play ball with the other boys. 

2. My brother is-little. 

3. I know how-. 







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LESSON 29 

sing sheet paper (pa'per) sentence (sentence) 

speak (speak) neat (neat) tell (tell) notebook (notebook') 

try (try) blackboard (black'bear'd') 

Do you like to sing ? 

I like to sing in Chinese, but I do not know how to 
sing in English. 

You speak English very well. 

I try to speak English to iny teacher, and I try to write 
it, too. 

Do you write your sentences on a sheet of paper? 

No, I write all my English sentences in a notebook. 

Do you use a pen or a pencil ? 

1 use a pencil. Our teacher tells all the boys to use 
pencils. 

We try to make the notebooks very neat. 

Our teacher writes all the new words on the black¬ 
board. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. We are-boys. 

2. Our teacher writes - sentences on the black¬ 

board. 

3. I am not writing these-sentences with a- 

pen, but I am writing with a pencil. 






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LESSON 30 

A GAME, “TELLING AND DOING” 
(To be supplied by the teacher.) 



LESSON 31 

indoors (in'doorg) lie (lie) cow (eow) weak (weak) 

Get (Get) bed (bed) cows (eowj) ride (ride) 

getting (get'ting) shine (shine) look (look) riding (lid ing) 

hot (hot) shining (shln'ing) looking (look'ing) sun (sun) 










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Get up,-, get up ! 

Do not lie in bed all day! 

Look out of the window. The sun is shining. It is a 
fine day. 

I can not look at the sun. My eyes are too weak. 

We must not stay indoors on a fine day. I wish to 
walk on the hill this morning. 

Do you see those men ? What is that tall man doing ? 

That tall man is getting some hay for his cows. 

What is the boy doing ? 

The boy is riding on the ox. The ox is pulling the 
cart. 

'What are those large birds doing ? 

Those large birds are looking for something to eat. 

It is very hot to-day. We must not stay out too long. 
We must go home now. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. My pencil is-that sheet of paper. 

2. Hang your coat-. 

3. The mother bird uses the hay to build a nest- 

the box. 

4. The box is-the window sill. 

5. I like to play-my little brother. 









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LESSON 32 


gold (gold) dish (dish) kill (kill) die (die) they 

goldfish (goldTish') time (time) year (year) let (let) them (thSm) 

See those fine goldfish! When the sun shines, they 
look like gold. May I put them on the window sill ? 

Oh, no! Do not put them on the window sill. Our 
old cat will kill them. Put them in the other room and 
close the door. Do not let the cat go in there. 

Do not fear. I will make the cat stay out. I wish 
these fish to live a long time. They may live a year. 

Please may I put one of those little goldfish in this 
dish ? I wish to give it to my friend. 
















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You may have a fish, but you must not put it in that 
dish. It will fall out and die. You know a fish can not 
live out of the water. 

WRITTEN WORK 

X. You-go home now. 

2. I-give you a goldfish. 

3. A fish -not walk. 

4. I-not wish to eat an egg. 

5. The teacher says we --study our lessons well. 







A GATEWAY INTO ENGLISH 
FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


Part II 



cook (cook) 
dinner (din'ner) 
bake (bake) 
baker (bak'er) 
miller (milder) 
millstone (milestone') 


LESSON 1 
THE MILL 


old (old) 
older (old'er) 
pick (pick) 
than (than) 
tall (taU) 
taller (taU'er) 


fast (fast) 
goes (goe§) 
white (white) 
ask (ask) 

round 

stone (stone) 


stop (stop) 
dear (dear) 
wheel 

when (when) 
rice (rige) 
flour 


The old miller stays in the mill all day. He does not 
go home for dinner. He likes his little daughter to bring 

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bis dinner to the mill. Her mother cooks a good dinner; 
then she calls, “ Here is your father’s dinner, dear. Take 
it to the mill. Father likes to eat it hot, you know. Do 
not stop to pick any flowers.” 

So the little girl walks fast. She does not stop at all. 

The miller’s daughter has a friend older than she is, 
and taller, too. This friend likes to go with her to the 
mill. 

The two girls like to see the large wheel go round and 
round in the water. They ask, “ What makes the wheel 
go round ? ” 

The miller.says, “The water makes it go. In the mill 
there are two large round stones. When the large wheel 
goes round, these stones go round and round, too. That 
makes the rice into fine white flour. The baker uses the 
flour to make cakes. He bakes very good little cakes.” 

“ May we go into the mill and look at the millstones, 
father ? ” 

“ Oh, no, no! You must not go into the mill, but you 
may stand at the door. You can see very well there.” 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. Is your brother older than you are? 

2. Is-taller than-? 





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LESSON 2 


THE CLOCK 


tick (tick) 
tock (tbck) 
strike (strike) 
clock (clock) 
o’clock 


keep 

time (time) 
hour (Aour) 
it (it) 
its (its) 


eleven (e 18 v'’n) 
twelve (twelve) 
before (be fore') 
half (liaZf) 
quarter (quart' er) 


past (past) 
after (aft'er) 
large (large) 
larger (liir'ger) 


Have you a tall clock like this in your 
home, - --? 

No,- 7 , I have not a tall clock, 

but I have a small round clock in my room. 

Does your clock strike ? 

No, but it keeps time very well. 

This tall clock keeps time well, too. Can 
you hear it say, “ Tick, tock, tick, tock”? 

Yes, I can hear it far away. It strikes 
the hour, too. It says, “ One, two, three, 
four, live, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, 
twelve.” 

Can you tell what time it is ? 

It is twelve o’clock. 



At what time do you eat dinner ? 

I eat dinner at a quarter past twelve o’clock. 
When do you go home ? 

















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We go home at half past four. 

At what time do you get up in the morning ? 

I get up at a quarter before seven. 

Clocks are like boys and girls. Do you know how ? 

A clock has a face. A girl has a face, too. 

A clock has two hands. A boy has two hands, but a 
boy’s hands are larger than the hands of a clock. 

What does a clock do with its hands ? 

What does a boy do with his hands? 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. Are there any little goldfish in this dish? 

2. Do you know how to play ball? 

3. Does your friend like to play, too ? 

LESSON 3 

A GAME, “WHAT TIME IS IT?” 

(To be supplied by the teacher.) 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. With what does a clock tell the time? 

2. What do you do with your hands? 

3. With what does a miller make the rice into fine 
white flour ? 

4. With what does a bee fly? 


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LESSON 4 

OUR FARM 


duck (duck) 
duckling (dftck'ling) 
swim (swim) 
swimming (swim'ming) 
sly (sly) 
slyer (sly'er) 

My home is on a farm. My father is a farmer. 

We have a fine flock of hens and three or four large 
cocks. Our hens have many little chickens. 


farm (farm) 
farmer (farm'er) 
summer (sum'mer) 
neck (neck) 
cock (c5ck) 
fox (fox) 
foxes (fox'es) 


flock (flock) 
black (black) 
quack (quack) 
chick (chick) 
chicken (chick'gn) 
cluck (cluck) 


















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The old black lien says, “Cluck, cluck, cluck! 7 ’ She 
is calling her little chicks to eat something. 

We have some ducks, too. Come to see our farm in 
the summer time. Then you will see the little ducks 
swimming in the water. The old duck says, “ Quack, 
quack, quack! 77 and away the ducklings swim after her. 

The fox likes our hens and ducks. He says they are 
very good to eat. He takes a fine duck by the neck and 
runs away with it. Foxes are very sly. They are slyer 
than cats. 



WRITTEN WORK 
(A Review of Prepositions.) 

1. Where is my coat hanging ? 

2. What am I putting into my desk ? 

3. What am I taking out of this box ? 

4. Is there anything on the floor under your seat? 

5 . Is the school far from your home? 


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LESSON 5 


THE STONECUTTER 


block (block) 
blow (blow) 
cut (cut) 


sometimes (sometimes) 

stonecutter (stone'cut'ter) 

flat (flat) 

flaw 

float 

flow (flow) 
find (find) 


good (good) 


better (bet'ter) 


clay (ela?/) 
place (plage) 
plan (plan) 
tool (tool) 


letter (let'ter) 
shop (shop) 
wind (wind) 
west 


river (riv'er) 


My friend’s father is a stonecutter. He can cut letters 
and flowers in stone with his tools. We boys like to see 
him cut a large block of stone. 

Sometimes there is a flaw in the stone. Then the stone¬ 
cutter says, “ I cannot use this. I must have good stone.” 
Then he looks and looks to find a better block. 

He makes a plan of the letters on a sheet of paper. 
He can write Chinese words very well, but he does not 
know how to write English. My friend writes the Eng¬ 
lish words on paper, and then his father cuts them in 
stone. 

A small river flows near the stonecutter’s shop. The 
old man puts the stones on a large, flat boat, and the boat 
floats down to the city. But when the west wind blows 
up the river, the boats cannot float down. 


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There is some clay near the river. The boys like to 
play with this clay. They use it to make men and boys, 
cows, goats, deer, and many other things. The stone¬ 
cutter's shop is a fine place for play. 

* WRITTEN WORK 

1. At what time do you come to school in the morning? 

2. At what time do you go home in the afternoon ? 

3. At what time do you go to bed at night? 

4. Is this clock better than the clock in your room ? 

In this book there is a picture of: 

1. A boy with a hat-his hand. 

2. A hen-little chickens. 

3. Two boys --their books. 

4. A ship-the sea. 

5. A bird with hay-its mouth. 

6. A mill-a wheel. 

7. A little girl-a chair. 

8. A hen -a nest. 

9. A man with hay-his cart. 

10. Some goldfish-- the water. 

11. A clock-two hands. 

12. A bird flying into a-. 

* A day or two before assigning this written exercise, drill thoroughly on 
prepositions, especially with. 














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LESSON 6 

THE LITTLE SEEDS 


garden (gar'd’n) 
gardener (gar'd’n er) 
wake (wake) 
beautiful (bu'ti ful) 
rain (rain) 
wait (wait) 
me (me) 
kind (kind) 
begin (be gm') 
plant (plant) 
wise (wu§e) 
wiser (wis'er) 


glad (glad) 
such (shell) 
deep 
peep 
sleep 

young (young) 
us (fts) 
soon (soon) 
high (%/0 
higher (high'ev) 
sunshine (sun'shine') 


light 

Here are some little black flower seeds. 
When shall we plant them ? 

To-morrow I shall go out to the large 
flower gardens. Will you go with me ? The 
old gardener will tell us when to plant our 
seeds. He is much wiser than I am about 
such things. He knows what the young 
plants will need, too. They will need sun¬ 
shine, but it must not be too hot. They 
will need water, but they must not be too 

wet. 

The gardener says, “ I think it will rain 


about (about') 

feed 

need 

seed 

weed 

indeed (in deed') 
him (him) 
shall (shah) 
to-morrow (tp-mSr'row) 
next (ngxt) 
week 

think (think) 




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next week. To-morrow I shall begin to plan my flower 
beds. Then I shall wait for the rain. When the rain 
comes, plant your seeds, and before long the young 
plants will begin to come up. Do not plant the seeds 
too deep. You will have to keep pulling up the weeds, 
or they will soon be higher than your plants. You will 
have to keep the birds away, too. Birds like to feed in a 
flower garden.” 

The gardener is very kind indeed. He is glad to tell 
us what we need to know. 

Where are my seeds? I can not find them. Oh, here 
they are! Soon we shall plant them all. We must not 
peep at them. They do not need the light. Let them 
sleep in the flower beds. In a few days the sun will wake 
them up. By and by we can pick many beautiful flowers 
and send them to our friends in the city. 

WRITTEN WORK 

(Refer to the illustrations of Part I, Lesson 26.) 

1. How many men are sitting in that small boat? 

2. Is any one rowing the boat ? 

3. Are those men putting cargo on the ship ? 

4. Is that man catching any fish with his hook and 
line? 


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LESSON 7 

(Pupils choose sides. Then Pupil No. 1 on Side A addresses the first 
question to Pupil No. 1 on Side B. After this is answered, Pupil No. 2 on 
Side B addresses question No. 2 to Pupil No. 2 on Side A, and so on.) 

1. At what time shall you get up to-morrow morning? 

2. When will the school bell ring? 

3. What books shall you study next year? 

4. What books will your brother study next year ? 

5. What will the boys play at half past four o’clock 
this afternoon ? 

6. What shall you do this afternoon? 

7. Will the baker bake some cakes for me? 

8. What shall we read to-morrow ? 

9. When will the clock strike? 

10. Do you think the sun will shine next week? 

11. Will the rain make the river higher than it is 
now? 

12. Do you think the mother bird, will lay eggs in 
that old nest ? 

13. When shall we know how to speak English well? 

14. Shall you know how to speak English well year 
after next ? 

15. Will your brother know how to speak English 
next year ? 


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WRITTEN WORK 

(In the following sentences fill the blanks with “ shall ” or “ will,” as may 
be required.) 

1 . Here is some fine white flour. Now we - 

make some good little cakes. 

2 . I_eat my dinner at twelve o’clock. At what 

time — you eat yours? When-the miller eat his? 

3. Do you think the west wind-blow to-morrow? 

4. The sly old fox-kill that young duck and eat 

it, I fear. 

5 y 0ll - find some beautiful flowers in Mr. 

Wang’s flower garden. He - fill your hands with 

flowers. 

6 . Next week the stonecutter -- use his tools to 

cut letters on a large, new stone. 

7. Where-you live next year ? -your family 

live there, too? 

8 . -we row this little boat on the river ? 

9. Look at the rain! I-- not go out to-day. 

10. Where-- you and your brother stay next sum¬ 
mer? Where-your father and mother be? 

11 . - you plant your seeds this week or next 

week ? 

12. You 


need your notebooks to-morrow. 



















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LESSON 8 

A PICNIC 


around (around') 

back (back) 
last (last) 
lake (lake) 
each 

nut (nut) 

boatman (boat'm^n) 

sell (sell) 

way (way) 

side (side) 

cent (gent) 

dark (dark) 

park (park) 

part (part) 

picnic (pie'n!e) 

go (go) — went (went) 


are ( are) — were (were) 
is (!§) — was (was) 
come (eome) — came (came) 
eat — ate (ate) 
get (get) — got (got) 
has (has) — had (h&d) 
have (have) — had (had) 
give (give) — gave (gave) 
run (run) — ran (r&n) 
read — read (read) 
ride (ride) — rode (rode) 
say (say) — said (sed) 
sit (sit) — sat (sat) 
take (take)— took (took) 
fast (fast)— faster (fast'er) 
line (fine)— finer (fin'er) 


One day last year two of my friends went with me out 
to West Lake Park on a picnic. West Lake Park is larger 
and finer than any other park in the city. 

We each took a book and a box full of little cakes and 


nuts. 

An old boatman came to us and said, “ I will take you 
to the other side of the park for ten cents. Do you wish 

to go? ” 

We each gave him ten cents and went in his boat. 


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The lake was very beautiful. On it there were many 
other small boats. 

Soon we were in another part of the park, where there 
were many beautiful flowers. We sat on a long seat and 
read our books. 

Some boys were playing ball, and others were flying 
kites. 

Before long a boy came around with cups of tea to sell. 
We each took a cup and gave him a cent for it. Then we 
ate our cakes and nuts and had a good time. A little 
bird came and ate part of a nut out of my hand. 

I ran fast all the way back, and my friends rode in 
their chairs faster than I ran, but it was dark when we 
got home. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. Do you know how to swim well? 

2 . Is a duckling larger than a chicken? 

3. What shall you do next summer? 

4. How many little chicks are running after the old 
hen ? 

5. Does the gardener keep pulling up the weeds in the 
garden ? 

6 . Do you like to go on a picnic with some of your 
friends ? 


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LESSON 9 


THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER 


buy (buy) 
keeper (keep'er) 
lighthouse (light'house') 
sail (sail) 
sailor 

sailboat (saiPboat') 
lamp (lamp) 
tower (tow'er) 
wood (wood) 
sight 
clean 

rock (rock) 
sky (sky) 

cloud 


clear — clearer (clear'er) 

bright — brighter (bright'er) 

far (far) — farther (far'ther) 

young (young) — younger (youn'ger) 

hard (hard) — harder (hard'er) 

thick (thick) — thicker (thick'er) 

small (smalZ) — smaller (smaller) 

see (see) — saw (saw) 

keep (keep) — kept (kept) 

tell (tel 7 ) — told (told) 

shine (shine) — shone (shone) 

die (die) — died (died) 

sing (sing) — sang (sang) 

begin (be gin') — began (be gan') 








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cloudy (cloud'y) 
wave (wave) 


oil 

work (wurk) 
clever (clev'er) 
never (nev'er) 
else (else) 
care (care) 
kitchen (kftch'en) 


blow (blow) — blew 
know {know) — knew (&new) 
can (can) — could (cood) 
stand (stand) — stood (stood) 
hang (hang) — hung (hung) 
meal 

reader (read'er) 
to-night (to-night') 
over (o'ver) 


The lighthouse is very much higher than the light 
keeper’s house. It is so high that the sailors can see it 
farther than anything else. 

Do you see that small house with lights in the windows? 
That is where the light keeper lives with his little 
daughter. She is very young, but she is wiser than many 
older girls. When she was still younger, she took care of 
her mother, who was ill a long time. Last year her mother 
died, so now she takes care of her father. That smaller 
house is the kitchen where she cooks her father’s meals. 

One day the light keeper went away in his sailboat to 
buy rice, meat, eggs, wood, and many other things. He 
told his daughter to take good care of the house. “ I shall 
come back at five o’clock/’ he said. “ Shall I bring you a 
new reader or a beautiful picture for your room? ” 

“ Oh, father, please bring me a new reader,” she said. 



ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 53 

“ I like books better than pictures. When I have a good 
book, I never need any one to play with.” 

She sang all the morning at her work. “This afternoon, 
when the house is clean,” she said, “I shall go out on the 
rocks to look for father’s boat.” 

But at three o’clock the sky was cloudy, and the wind 
began to blow. It blew harder and harder, and the clouds 
began to get thicker and thicker. The waves were higher 
than a man’s head. No boat could sail on such a sea. 

“ I must hang the lamp up in the lighthouse,” said the 
light keeper’s daughter. “The sailors will need a bright 
light to-night.” 

She knew how to clean the large lamp and fill it with 
,oil, but she could not hang it up in the tower. At last 
she took a chair and stood on it, and hung it on the long 
hook. Then its light shone brighter and brighter out over 
the sea. Far away in his little sailboat the lighthouse 
keeper saw it and was glad. He kept in sight of the light, 
and at nine o’clock, when the sky began to get clearer, he 
came back to his clever little daughter. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1 . Look at-beautiful flowers. The kind gardener 

gave-to me. 




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2. That woman cooks dinner for-sons. -likes 

to cook for-.-love-very much. 

3. The farmer feeds- ducks and chickens well. 

-- calls-and-all run to-. 

4. -sat in-seats all morning. But at twelve 

o’clock-teacher told-to go home. 


LESSON 10 


new — newer (new'er) 
near — nearer (near'er) 
dear — dearer (dear'er) 
hot (hot) — hotter (hot'ter) 
cold (cold) — colder (eold'er) 
dark (dark) — darker (dark'er) 


good (good) — better (bgt'ter) 

well (wel/)— better (bgt'ter) 

neat — neater (neat'er) 

my (my) 

mine (mine) 

your (your) 

yours (yours) 


(Each pupil reads one question, addressing it to any one in the class whom 
he chooses, provided that pupil has not already recited.) 


1. -, is your coat newer than mine? 

2. -, is your mother dearer to you than your 

friend ? 

3. -, is-’s notebook neater than 

yours ? 

4. -, was it darker at three o’clock this morn¬ 


ing than it is now ? 

























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5 . -, is your seat nearer the teacher’s desk 

than-’s seat? 

6 . -, these cakes are not very good. Have 

you any better ones? 

7 . I am not writing these words very well,- 

Will you please write them better? 

8 . -, was it hotter last summer than it is 

now ? 

9 . -, was it colder at two o’clock this morn¬ 

ing than it is now ? 

10 . _, is your home farther from our school- 

house than ——’s home? 

11 . The waves on the lake are not high.-, 

are the waves on the sea higher ? 

WRITTEN WORK 

1 . Where does a gardener work ? 

2. Where does a miller work? 

3. Where does a farmer work? 

4 . What does a teacher do ? 

5. What does a stonecutter do ? 

6 . Do you like a sailboat better than a ship ? 

7 . Is an old man much wiser than a young man ? 

8 . Can a fox run faster than a cat? 


















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LESSON 11 


A DAY OF PLAY 


do (do) — did (did) 

hear — heard (herd) 

fly (fly) — flew 

hold (hold) — held (held) 

want (want) 

cut (cut) — cut 

make (make) — made (made) 

put (put) —put 

catch (ea£ch) — caught (eauyAt) 
speak — spoke (spdke) 
fall (MO — fell (feU) 
ring (ring) — rang (rang) 
bring (bring) — brought (brat) 
lie (lie) — lay (la y) 
teach (teach) — taught (tauyAt) 
strike (strike) — struck (struck) 
long (long) — longer * (lon'ger) 


butterfly (but'ter fly) 
kindly (klnd'ly) 
playday (play'day) 
plaything (play'thing') 
playmate (play'mate') 
together (to geth'er) 
herself (her self') 
late (late) 
song* (song) 
story (sto'ry) 
again (agen') 
more (more) 
well (weR) 


Flower Sister was a little girl who did not like to study. 
One morning when the clock struck eight, her mother told 
her it was time to go to school. “ Oh, mother,” she said, 
“ may I stay at liome to-day? I do not wish to study or 
work all day. Please let me have one day for play.” 

“ Very well,” said her mother, “ you may play all day 
long. You need not do any work at all.” 

* See page 18, footnote. 


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“ 01), that will be fine! ” said Flower Sister. “ What a 
good time I shall have! ” 

When the other girls came past the house on their way 
to school, they saw Flower Sister standing at the door. 

“ Come, Flower Sister,” they said, “ get your books. You 
will be late.” 

“I am not going to school to-day,” she said. 

“ Are you ill? ” 

“ Oh, no! But mother says I may play all day.” 

When the other girls heard this, some of them did not 
want to go to school, but at last they all went on. Flower 
Sister stood at the door and sang a glad little song. The 
sun shone, the birds flew here and there, and the flowers 
held up their beautiful faces to the sun. Flower Sister 
cut some flowers and put them in her mother’s room. 
Then she made a small net and caught a butterfly. 

After that she read a new story in her reader. When 
her mother saw her, she took the book away. “ You must 
not study to-day, my dear,” she said. “ You are to play 
all day long.” 

“ Oh, I like to read,” said Flower Sister. “ Please let 
me have the book to look at pictures. 

“No,” said her mother. “These are lessons. I told 
you that you need not have any lessons to-day.” 


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Flower Sister went into her room. Her old coat hung on 
a hook on the door. “I will wash my coat,” she said 
to herself. “ Mother likes to have all my coats clean.” 

She went to the well to get some water, but her mother 
said, “What are you doing? That is work. You must 
not do that to-day.” 

She spoke kindly, but Flower Sister’s face fell.* She 
could not sing a glad song now. After dinner, when the 
school bell rang, she said, “ Please let me go to school this 
afternoon, mother.” 

But her mother said, “ No. This is your playday, you 
know.” 

Flower Sister did not know what to do. She brought 
out her playthings, but the other girls were all in school, 
so she had no playmates. She lay down on her bed, but 
she could not sleep. That day w r as longer for her than 
any other day in the year. At last the long, long day was 
over. When Flower Sister went to bed, she said, “ No 
more playdays for me, mother. I shall never wish to stay 
away from school again.” 

That one day taught her a good lesson. She knew now 
that work and play together are much better than all play 
and no work. 


* /She looked unhappy. 


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WRITTEN WORK 

1. Wliat did you eat for dinner yesterday ? 

2. Did the sun shine yesterday? 

3. Did you come to this school last year? 

4. Did you.take any books home yesterday afternoon? 

5. Did the wind blow hard last night? 


LESSON 12 

THE DAYS OF THE WEEK 


first (first) 

Sunday (Sun'day) 
second (sec'ond) 
Monday (Mon'day) 
third (third) 
Tuesday (Tues'day) 
fourth (fourth) 


fifth (fifth) 

Thursday (Thursday) 
sixth (sixth) 

Friday (Fri'day) 
seventh (s8v'’nth) 
Saturday (Sat'ur day) 
minute (inin'it) 


Wednesday (Wednesday) 


yesterday (yes'ter day) 
ago (ago') 
essay (es'say) 
holiday (hoi'I day) 
church (church) 
repeat (re peat') 
write (write) 
wrote (wrote) 


Can you repeat the names of the seven days of the week ? 

(One pupil asks and another answers each of the following questions. Each 
pupil should prepare an answer to each question before coming to class.) 

Wliat is the name of the first day of the week ? 

What is the third day of the week ? 

What is the seventh day of the week ? 

What day is to-day? 

What day will to-morrow be ? 


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What day will the day after to-morrow be? 

What day was yesterday ? 

On what day do you have a holiday ? 

On what day do you write a Chinese essay ? 

On what day do you go to church? 

Yesterday I brought a beautiful picture to school. 
What did you do on the day before yesterday ? 

Ten minutes ago I wrote that sentence on the black¬ 
board. What did you do five minutes ago? 

Where shall you go next Saturday afternoon ? 

WRITTEN WORK 
(A Diary.) 

1. On Sunday afternoon at four o’clock I-. 

2. On Monday morning at seven o’clock I- 

3. Last Tuesday I-. 

4. Wednesday morning my friend and I-. 

5. Thursday evening we all-. 

6. Friday afternoon all the boys-. 

7. Last Saturday afternoon I-. 

LESSON 13 

A GAME, “ WHAT DID YOU DO?” 

(To be supplied by the teacher.) 










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WRITTEN WORK 

1. Is-’s coat thicker than this coat ? 

2. Can a deer run faster than a goat? 

3. Is the sun much brighter than the stars ? 

4. Is this flour finer than Chinese flour? 

5. Is the sky clearer now than it was at seven o’clock 
this morning? 


LESSON 14 

OUR KITTENS AND THEIR RELATIVES 


kitten (kit't’n) 
relative (rel'a tive) 
member (mem'ber) 
animal (an'imal) 
body (bod'y) 
keen 

soft* (soft) 
world (wurld) 
wild (wild) 
steal 

* strong (strong) - 


whiskers ( whisk'er§) 

night 

become (be eome') 
because (be cause') 
hunt (hunt) 
fur (fur) 
bone (bone) 
stripe (stripe) 
tame (tame) 
pet (pet) 

- stronger (stron'ger) 


tooth (tooth) 
teeth 
mane (mane) 
tiger (ti'ger) 
lion (li'on) 
horse (horse) 
itself (itself') 
yellow (yel'low) 
hair (hair) 
climb (elim6) 
strongest (stron'gest) 


large (large) — larger (liir'ger) — largest (llir'gest) 
thick (thick) — thicker (thick'er) —thickest (thick'est) 
* long (long)— longer (lon'ger) — longest (lon'gest) 
hot (hot) —hotter (hdt'ter) — hottest (hot'test) 
sly (sly) — slyer (sly'er) — slyest (sly'est) 
good (good) —better (bet'ter) —best (best) 
well (weU)— better (bet'ter) — best (best) 

* See page 18, footnote. 




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kind (kind) —kinder (klnd'er) — kindest (ldnd'est) 
gentle (gen't’l) — gentler (gen'tier) —gentlest (gen'tlest) 
sharp (sharp) —sharper (sharp'er) — sharpest (sharp'est) 

Do you know that our old mother cat and her three 
little kittens have many relatives who are very much larger 
and stronger than they are ? These relatives do not look 
like our kittens at all, but they are like them in many 
ways. Can you tell a member of the cat family from any 
other animal ? 

A member of the cat family has a long body, keen eyes 
and ears, sharp teeth, long whiskers, and soft paws with 
sharp claws. 

At night when it is dark, the eyes of these animals 
become larger and brighter. This is because they hunt for 
smaller animals at night, so they need to see best of all 
then. They catch and kill these animals with their claws 
and pull the meat off the bones w T ith 
their claws and teeth and tongues. 

The lion is the largest and strong¬ 
est of all the members of the cat 
family. It has beautiful thick fur. 
The largest, thickest hair on its body 
is on its head. This is its mane. It 
is thicker than a horse’s mane. 



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The tiger is a little smaller than the lion, but it some¬ 
times kills other animals larger than itself. A tiger has 
no mane, but there are beautiful black 
and yellow stripes on its body. Tigers 
and lions live in the hottest parts of 
the world. 

The wild cat is not very much larger 
than the tame cats that we have in our 
homes, but it kills many, many smaller 
animals. All the members of the cat 
family are sly, and the wild cat is one 
of the slyest. It likes to climb over 

the wall to steal our hens and chickens. 

Some day we shall read about the other 
members of the cat family. We like the 
cats in our homes best of all. They are 
the kindest and gentlest of pets. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. How many months ago did you begin to study 
English ? 

2. How long ago did you have a holiday ? 

3. How many minutes ago did the clock strike ? 

4 . At what time did you go to church last Sunday ? 




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LESSON 15 

A CONTEST 
(To be supplied by the teacher.) 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. Did -• - jump higher than-yes¬ 

terday ? 

2. Who spoke the plainest English of all ? 

3. Which contest did you like best of all? 

4. Did-draw a better picture than-? 

Who drew the best picture of all ? 


LESSON 16 


13 thirteen (thirteen') 

14 fourteen (fowr'teen') 

15 fifteen (fifteen') 

16 sixteen (six Teen') 

17 seventeen (s^v^’n teen') 

18 eighteen (a'teen') 

19 nineteen (nineteen') 

20 twenty (twen'ty) 

21 twenty-one (twenTy-wun') 

22 twenty-two (twen'ty-two') 

23 twenty-three (twen'ty-three') 

24 twenty-four (twenTy-fowr') 

25 twenty-five (twSnTy-five') 

26 twenty-six (twenTy-six') 


27 twenty-seven (twen'ty-sevV) 

28 twenty-eight (twSnTy-at') 

29 twenty-nine (twen'ty-nine') 

30 thirty (thir'ty) 

40 forty (fdr'ty) 

50 fifty (fif'ty) 

60 sixty (slx'ty) 

70 seventy (sev'’n ty) 

80 eighty (a'ty) 

90 ninety (nine'ty) 

100 one hundred (wun hun'dred) 
page (page) 
person (per's’n) 
student (stu'dent) 









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(One student asks and another answers each of the following questions.) 

How old are you? 

How old were you three years ago ? 

How old shall you be ten years from now ? 

How old shall you be thirty years from now ? 

When shall you be twenty-one years old ? 

How many students are there in this room ? 

How many students are there in this school? 

How many pages are there in your reader? 

How many pages are there in this book ? 

How many lessons are there in this book ? 

How many persons are there in your family? 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. Who is the oldest member of your family? 

2 . Are a tiger’s teeth sharper than a fox’s teeth ? 

3 . When you are twenty-five years old, shall you be 
much stronger than you are now ? 

4 . What is the hottest time of the day? 

5 . What lesson did you study two days ago ? 

6. Is this lesson harder than the lesson was yesterday ? 

7. When are a cat’s eyes the brightest? 

8. Is English much harder for you to write than 
Chinese ? 


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LESSON 17 
I’LL TRY 


reply (re ply') — replied (re plied') 
study (stud'y) — studied (stud'ied) 
learn (lern) — learned (lerned) 
stay (stay) — stayed (stayed) 
fear — feared (feared) 
live (live) — lived (lived) 
finish (fm'ish) — finished (fm'ished) 
earn (era) — earned (erned) 
seem (seem) — seemed (seemed) 
leave (leave) — left (left) 
call (eaR) — called (ealZed) 
feel (feel) — felt (felt) 
may (may) — might 
ask (ask) — asked (asked) 
wish (wish) — wished (wished) 
like (like) —liked (liked) 
look (look) — looked (looked) 
work (wurk) — worked (wurked) 
stop (stop) — stopped (stoped) 
sleep (sleep) — slept (slept) 
reap — reaped 

help (help) — helped (helped) 
body (b 5 d'y) —bodies (b 5 d'ie§) 
class (class) 

hire (hire) hoe (hoe) 

train (tram) dig (dig) 

term (term) early (erfly) 

uncle (un'k’l) ripe (ripe) 


flesh (flesh) 
show (shdw) 
till (tilZ) 

perhaps (perhaps') 
always (al'wayg) 
absent (ab'sent) 
poor (poor) 
money (mon'ey) 
mind (mind) 

shopkeeper (shop'keep'er) 
blister (blis'ter) 
muscle (mus'd) 

America (A mer'i ea) 
China (Chi'na) 
hope (hope) 
ever (ev'er) 
every (Sv'er y) 
few 

real (re'al) 
i’ll (I’lO 
can’t (can’t) 
there’s (thar’s) 
don’t (don’t) 
why (why) 
sad (sad) 
right 

tired (tired) 
motto (mot' to) 


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This is a picture of a boy who lived in China a few 
years ago. Perhaps he might not wish me to tell you his 
real name, so I will tell you 
the name that his teacher 
gave him. His teacher always 
called him “ I’ll Try.” 

Do you know why she gave 
him this name? When she 
asked the boys in her class to 
do anything hard, many of 
them said, “ I can’t,” but this 
boy always said, “ I’ll try.” 

He was not a very clever stu¬ 
dent, but he always studied 
hard and learned his lessons 
well. He said he wished to be a teacher. 

One day I’ll Try was absent from school. He stayed 
away two weeks, and his teacher feared that he was ill. 

At last he came back, but his face was very sad. He 
said to his teacher, “ My father died a week ago. My 
mother is very poor, so she cannot give me any more 
money to come to school. She says I may finish this 
term of school, but I cannot study next term.” 

“ Hqw old are you? ” asked his teacher. 




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“I am seventeen years old/’ said I’ll Try. 

“ Perhaps you can work in the summer and earn some 
money to come to school.” 

I’ll Try liked that plan very much. He went to see 
many shopkeepers and asked them to give him some 
work in the summer. But no one wished to hire a boy. 

“ Don’t give up,” said his teacher. “ Perhaps you can 
find some work near your home. Where there’s a will, 
there’s a way.” 

PH Try’s uncle lived on a farm. I’ll Try went to see 
him. “May I work on your farm this summer, uncle? ” 
he asked. 

His uncle looked at him. “You do not know how to 
work with your hands,” he said. 

“Please let me try, uncle,” said I’ll Try. “I will do 
my best.” 

“Very well,” replied the farmer, “but I fear it will be 
too hard. Here is a hoe. Let me see you dig.” 

I’ll Try took the hoe and began to dig. Before long 
there were blisters on his hands. The sun shone hotter 
and hotter. His uncle was right. It was hard work. 
But I’ll Try did not stop. He worked on and on till 
dinner time. 

After dinner he felt better and began to dig again. 


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The farmer and his sons were older and stronger than lie 
was, but he did not stop work till they stopped. At 
night he was very, very tired, but he went to sleep early 
and slept well. 

Every day I’ll Try worked better, and the work did not 
seem so hard. Week after week he kept at it. When the 
rice was ripe, the farmers reaped it, and he helped them. 
At last he left the farm, for it was time to go to school. 

I’ll Try was very glad to see his teacher again. “ I can 
stay at school,” he said. “ I earned some money on my 
uncle’s farm, and I shall earn more next summer.” 

I’ll Try studied better that term than ever before. His 
mind seemed clearer. Do you know why? Because a 
strong mind needs a strong body. Work makes our 
bodies stronger. Look at the picture of I’ll Try. See 
how large the muscles of his legs are. Hard work 
makes our muscles stronger and our flesh harder. 

Do you know where I’ll Try is now ? He is a student 
in America. He works hard there, too. Before he went 
to America, he gave me this picture and said, “You may 
show this to other Chinese boys. I hope they will all 
learn my motto — 

2 irfiuAAs as wM, tfaeAAs’b Os W~OA^. 


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WRITTEN WORK 


1. Do you wish to be a shopkeeper when you are a 
man? 

2. Which story do you like best, “ The Lighthouse 
Keeper’s Daughter,” “A Day of Play,” or “I’ll Try”? 
Why do you like it best? 

3. Was the lighthouse keeper’s daughter better than 
Flower Sister ? Why ? 

4. How many days were you absent from school last 
term? 

LESSON 18 


gentleman (gen't’l man) 
red (red) 

* cost (ebst) 
piece (pzege) 
rest (rest) 
only (on'ly) 


* cloth (cl5th) goods (good§) 

stripe (stripe) sale (sale) 

striped (stripped or striped) color (eol'er) 
cotton (cSt't’n) spend (spend) 

blue (blue) seated (seat'ed) 

flannel (flan'nel) whole (whole) 

dollar (dol'ler) 

thin (thin) — thinner (thm'ner)— thinnest (thin'nest) 

dark (dark) — darker (dark'er)— darkest (dark'est) 

wide (wide) — wider (wid'er)— widest (wid'est) 

cheap — cheaper (cheap'er) — cheapest (cheap'est) 

narrow (nar'iow) — narrower (nar'row er) — narrowest (nar'row est) 

fine (fine)— finer (fln'er) — finest (fin'est) 


1. Will you please go to the cloth shops with me to- 

day , '■ * See page 18, footnote. 



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2 . Yes, I shall be very glad to go with you,-. 

What kind of cloth do you wish to buy ? 

1. I am planning to buy some striped cotton cloth to 
make a coat for my younger sister. Then, too, I must 
buy some dark blue flannel that mother wrote me to get. 

(No. 1 and 2 walk along until they come to a shop, kept by 
No. 3 with other students acting as clerks .) 

2 . Here is a large shop. Let us see what they have 
for sale. 

3 . Good afternoon. What can I show you to-day, sir? 

1 . Please show me some cotton cloth with fine stripes. 

3 . ( Turning to No. 4 , a clerk.) This gentleman wishes 
to look at striped cotton goods. 

4 . (Leading the way to another counter and drawing out 
chairs.) This way, sir. Please be seated. Here is some 
very good cloth — white, with blue stripes. 

1. That is too light. It will not keep clean very long. 
Please show me something darker. 

4. Here is some blue cloth with black stripes. Do 
you like this better ? 

1 . Yes, the color is just right, but it is too thick. 
Have you any thinner cloth ? 

4 . Yes, sir, here is some a little thinner, with red 
stripes. 




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2 . That is not very wide. Is this the widest you 
have ? 

4. We have thicker cloth that is much wider, but it is 
English goods and costs more. Shall I show it to you? 

1. No, never mind. This narrow cloth will do. How 
much is it a foot ? 

4 . Ten cents a foot or two dollars for the piece. 

2 . How many feet are there in a piece? 

4 . Twenty-three. 

1. I do not need so much. It takes only eight feet to 
make a coat. 

2 . But it is a little cheaper to buy the whole piece. If 
vou need only eight feet, I can use the rest. 

1. Very well, I will take the whole piece. Now will 
you please show us some dark blue flannel? 

4 . Do you wish to see the finest that we have ? 

1 . No, I cannot buy the finest flannel. Mother does 
not wish to spend much money for it. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. Where did you live when you were ten years old? 

2 . Do you hope to go to America some day ? 

3 . What do you hope to do when you go to America ? 

4 . Are there many Chinese boys like I’ll Try ? 


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LESSON 19 


8th — eighth (atth) 

9th — ninth (ninth) 

10th — tenth (tenth) 
nth — eleventh (eleventh) 
12th — twelfth (twelfth) 

13th—thirteenth (thiU teenth) 
20th — twentieth (twen'ti eth) 


21st — twenty-first (twen'ty-first') 
30th — thirtieth (thir'ti 6th) 

40th — fortieth (for'ti eth) 

50th — fiftieth (fif'ti eth) 

60th — sixtieth (six'ti 6th) 

70th — seventieth (sev p n ti eth) 
100th—one hundredth (wun hun' 


list (list) 
review (re vie w') 
question (ques'chun) 

mean 

slow (slow) 


dredth) 

order (or'der) 
number (num'ber) 
plainly (plfwn'ly) 
answer (an'swer) 


Here is a long list of words on the blackboard. You 
know them all, for they are review words. You studied 
them only a few weeks ago. Now I shall number each 
one plainly. Can you all read the numbers? One 
student may ask a question and call on another student 
to answer it. 

1 . _, what is the tenth word? 

2 . _, what is the seventy-second word ? 

3 ___ is the one hundred and third word 

longer than the fourteenth ! 

4 ,_, please read from the eighty-sixth word 


to the ninety-first. 










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5 .-, what does the sixty-ninth w T ord mean? 

You may ask any questions you wish to about these 
words, but do not be too slow. 

Now let all the students stand in a long line. 

-, who is the fifteenth one in the line? 

-, in what place does-stand in the 

line ? 

No, he is not the twenty-third. Look again. 

Yes, you are right this time. He is the twenty-fourth. 

Let each boy pick out another boy and tell in what 
order he stands. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1 . What is the color of this cloth ? 

2 . How much money do you spend for books every 
term ? 

3 . How many dollars can a farmer earn in one month ? 

4 . Hoes flannel cost more than cotton cloth ? 

5 . How much does a coat like this cost ? 

6. Is this wider cloth English goods? 


LESSON 20 

A NUMBER GAME 
(To be supplied by the teacher.) 










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WRITTEN WORK 

1. In wliat place did you stand in the line yesterday? 

2. Did you like the fourteenth lesson in this book 
better than the eighth lesson ? 

3. At what time did you go to bed last night? 

4. At what time did you get up this morning? 

5. How many hours did you sleep last night? 

6. Is this the ninth week of school ? 

7. How many weeks are there in this term? 


LESSON 21 


nothing (noth'ing) 
none (none) 
loom (loom) 
parent (par'ent) 
guide (gmde) 
thread (thread) 
start (start) 
street 

*often (of’n) 
smooth (smooth) 
even (e'v’n) 
front (front) 
mistake (mis take') 
wear (wear) 
dead (dead) 
plenty (plen'ty) 
weaver (weav'er) 


gentleman (gSn't’l man) — gentlemen (gen't’lmen) 

wind (wind) — winding (wlnd'ing) 

weave (weave) — weaving (weav'ing) 

use (use) — useful (use'ful) 

rest (rest) — restful (rSst'ful) 

thank ( thank) — thankful (thank'ful) 

help (hSlp) — helpful (help'ful) 

skill (skilZ) — skillful (skillful) 

happy (hap'py) — happier (hap'pi er) 

slow (slow) — slowly (slow'ly) 

careful (care' ful) — carefully (c&re'ful ly) 

busy (bis'sy) — busily (bis'i ly) 

close (close) — closely (eldse'ly) 

quick (quick) —quickly (quick'ly) 

easy (eas'y) — easily (eas'I ly) 

watch (wateh) — watches (wateh'es) 


* See page 18, footnote. 


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What a busy, busy place this is! Do you know what 
these boys are doing? 

The younger boys are winding thread and the older ones 
are weaving the thread into cloth. They are making the 
looms go with their feet, but they have to guide the thread 
very carefully with their hands. If they are not careful, 
the cloth will not be smooth. That man who is standing 
in front of the looms is the teacher. He watches each 
boy very closely to see that he does not make mistakes. 

Winding thread is easier than weaving, but the younger 
boys are also working very busily. 

Two years ago none of these boys knew how to work. 
They did not know how to read or write, for their parents 
were dead and they had no money to go to school. Then 
a kind gentleman asked some other gentlemen to help 
him start a school where boys could learn to be useful 
men. Half of the boys study in the morning and work 
in the afternoon. The other boys work in the morning 
and study in the afternoon. This is much more restful 
than studying all day or working all day. 

Two years ago these boys were playing on the street all 
day long, but they are much happier now than they were 
then. Then they had no one to care for them, and often 
they had nothing to eat and very little to wear. Now 


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they are so thankful to have a good, clean place to live in, 
plenty to eat, plenty to wear, and kind, helpful teachers. 

When the boys begin to weave, they weave very slowly, 
but little by little they get more skill and work more 
quickly. A skillful weaver can easily earn a good living. 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. What do we call a man who works on a farm? 

2. What do we call a man who keeps a shop ? 

3. What do we call a man who keeps a lighthouse ? 

4. What do we call a man who bakes cakes ? 

5. What do we call a man who weaves cloth ? 

6 . Which one of these men is the most useful ? Why ? 


LESSON 22 

THE CALENDAR 


spring 

summer (sum'mer) 
autumn (au'ittnm) 
winter (win'ter) 
globe (globe) 
earth (erth) 
leap 

people (pe'p’l) 
country (coftn'try) 
countries (corin'tries) 


month (month) 
foreign (for'eiyn) 
season (sea§’n) 
western (west'ern) 
according (according) 
calendar (eal'en der) 
January (Jan'u a ry) 
February (Fgb'ruary) 
March (March) 


April (A'pril) 

May (May) 

June (June) 

July (July') 

August (Au'gust) 
September (Septem'ber) 
October (Oc to'ber) 
November (No vSm'ber) 
December (De gSm'ber) 


Here is an English calendar. The people of all western 
countries use this calendar. China is beginning to use 


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it, too; but many Chinese people still use the old Chinese 
calendar. 

What is the name of the second month ? 

What is the name of the eighth month ? 

What month is this ? 

What day of the month was yesterday ? 

There are four seasons in the year-—spring, summer, 
autumn, winter. 

March, April, and May are the spring months. 

June, July, and August are the summer months. 

September, October, and November are the autumn 
months. 

December, January, and February are the winter 
months. 

Look at the calendar and find out how many days there 
are in each month. 

We live on a globe called the earth. This globe goes 
round the sun in three hundred and sixty-five days and 
a few hours. That is why there are three hundred and 
sixty-five days in a year. Every fourth year is a leap 
year. There are three hundred and sixty-six days in a 
leap year. Do you know why it is called a leap yeai ? 

How many days are there in a year according to the 
old Chinese calendar ? 


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WRITTEN WORK 

1. That girl takes good care of lier little sister. She is 

a very-fill girl. 

2. The old stonecutter has great skill in cutting stone. 

He is very-ful. 

3. I like to rest in this room. It is a-ful place. 


LESSON 23 

rhyme (rAyme) recite (re gite') just (just) 

forget (for get') except (ex gept') alone (a lone') 

This rhyme will help you not to forget how many days 
there are in each month. Learn it and recite it to-morrow. 


“ JAiAsPij/ tLou'ifA' Aaloao 

CLfi/Ul, I'O, a/rvoL 

6UI tfvO 'istAZ ■fvOUV-O tAi4J/Lfs-0' / VV£' 

tA't' coloAnsO, 

lA/'flAsoftl' AaLA^ ^UAZ — '7VO 

13ut tw-tmt^-riinayO OAOst, n^aAs 


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WRITTEN WORK 

1. This is a very easy lesson. I can-learn it in 

half an hour. 

2. You are not a careful student. You do not study-. 


LESSON 24 
MAY DAY 


of course (ov course) 

Miss Black (Miss Black) 

Miss King (Miss King) 

carpenter (ear'pen ter) 

Maypole (Maypole') 

middle (mid'd’l) 

kindergarten (kin 'der gar'ten) 

march (march) 

delightful (de light'ful) 

music (mu'§ie) 

ribbon (rib'bon) 

guest (gwest) 

party (par'ty) 

gayly (ga^'ly) 

pole (pole) 

lawn 

top (t< 5 p) 

most (most) 

house (house) 

own (own) 

organ (or'g§n) 

end (end) 

neatly (neat'ly) 


wind (wind) — wound (wound) 
unwind (un wind') — unwound 

(un wound') 

tie (tie) — tied (tied) 

brush (brush) — brushed (brushed) 

hammer (ham'mer) — hammered 

(ham'mered) 

show (show) — showed (showed) 
skip (skip) — skipped (skiped) 
serve (serve) — served (served) 
thank (thank) — thanked (thanked) 
march (march) — marched (marched) 
start (start) — started (start'ed) 
invite (in vlte') — invited (in vit'ed) 
mend (mend) —mended (mend'Sd) 
braid (braid) — braided (braid'ed) 
paint (paint) — painted (paint'ed) 
pound (pound) — pounded (pound'ed) 
count (count) — counted (count'ed) 
need (need) — needed (need'Sd) 
seat — seated (seat'ed) 
want (want) — wanted (want'ed) 
nearly (near'ly) 




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It was the first day of May — the most beautiful day of 
spring. Miss Black and Miss King were planning to give 
their girls a holiday. 

“To-day is May Day,” they said. “Each of you may 
invite two guests to come to our May party. bo the 
girls invited their mothers and sisters. 

In the morning the girls mended their clean coats, and 
brushed and braided their hair very neatly. Nearly every 
girl tied a bright ribbon on her hair. 

At eleven o’clock the carpenter brought a tall, gayly 
painted pole from his shop. He hammered and pounded 
till at last there stood a fine Maypole in the middle of the 
lawn. 

The girls did not know what a Maypole was, but Miss 
Black soon showed them. First, she counted the girls to 
see how many ribbons she needed. “ Just twenty-two,” 
she said. “We must have a ribbon for each girl.” Then 
she tied twenty-two long red and blue ribbons to the top 
of the Maypole. 

After dinner, when the guests came, the teachers seated 
them where they could see the Maypole. Of course 
every mother wanted to see her own daughter. 

The kindergarten teacher showed the girls how to stand 
in order and gave an end of a ribbon to each one. As 


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soon as Miss King began to play the organ, the girls 
started to march around the pole. Then they began to 
skip in and out, and as they skipped they wound the 
ribbons round and round the pole. At last the music 
stopped; then the girls stopped, too. What a beautiful 
Maypole it was! 

The music began again, and the girls skipped in and 
out again and unwound the ribbons. Then they all stood 
in their places and sang songs. 

After that, the teachers invited the guests into the 
house and served them with tea and cake. 

Before the girls’ mothers went home, they thanked the 
teachers and said they were glad to see their daughters 
having such a good time. The girls all said that May 
Day was one of the most delightful holidays of the year. 

(For illustration see frontispiece.) 

WRITTEN WORK 

1. What month is this? 

2. What was last month ? 

3. What will next month be? 

4. What is the coldest season of all ? 

5. Which is the hottest month of the year? 

6. Do you like spring better than summer? Why? 


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LESSON 25 

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A BOY AND HIS ELDEST 
BROTHER 


table (ta'b’l) 
manner (man'ner) 
bowl (bowl) 
style (style) 
tip (tip) 
food (food) 
jam (jam) 
clothes (clothe^) 
polite (po llte') 
impolite (im'po lite') 
politeness (po lite'ness) 
politely (politely) 

I’m (I’m) 


rudely (rood'ly) 
quietly (qui' et ly) 
finely (fine'ly) 
between (be tween') 
dialogue (di'alogwe) 
hungry (liun'gry) 
ready (read'y) 
supper (sftp'per) 
delighted (de light'Sd) spoon (spoon) 
break (break) course (course) 


bread (bread) 
butter (but'ter) 
potato (pota'to) 
potatoes (po ta'toes) 
soup (sowp) 
pie (pie) 
knife (Aarife) 
fork (fork) 


spread (spread) 
dessert (des sert') 
erect (e rect') 


cool (cool) — cooler (cool'er) — coolest (cool'est) 
buy (bwy) — bought (bat) — 
elder (el'der) — eldest (el'dest) 


quite (quite) 

Shanghai (Shang hai') 
American (A mer'i e^n) 


At the beginning of this dialogue there is a small table at one side of the 
room, covered with a white cloth, and set for two, with knife, fork, and spoons 
at each place. No. 1 enters the room noisily, leaving the door open. He 
throws his books on the table and his cap on the window sill, as he speaks 
impatiently to his brother. 

1. Ring the bell for the cook quickly. I’m so 
hungry. 

2. What did your father tell you,-, about 

coming to the table so rudely? Put your cap and books 




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away, and then wash your hands and face and brush 
your hair neatly. 

The students should not attempt to read anything except the actual dia¬ 
logue, but the teacher should see that the stage directions are carried out in a 
spirited manner. 

1. (Obeys rather slowly.) Now, I’m ready. Give me 
something to eat. 

2. You will have to speak politely before you get 
anything. 

1. (Impatiently.) Please give me something to eat. Is 
that polite ? 

2. Your words are polite, but your manner is im¬ 
polite. Try again. 

1. (Politely.) Please tell the cook to bring in our 
supper. I am very hungry. 

2. (Ringing the hell.) I shall be delighted to call him 
now. I am hungry, too. See, I am planning to have our 
supper according to western style to-night. How do you 
like that? 

1. Oh, that will be fun. Did our cook make this bread ? 

2. No, he does not know how to make bread. I 
bought this at the baker’s shop, and some butter, too. 

1. It looks good. What shall we have first ? 

2. Soup. Here comes the cook with it. This is 


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your soup spoon, but you must eat from the side of it. 
See! Eat quietly and don’t take your bowl in your hand, 
or tip it up. Sit erect and draw your chair up near the 
table. That is right. 

1. (Beginning to blow his soup .) This soup is too hot. 

2. You must not blow it or break your bread into 
it. It will soon be cooler. Take only a little in your 
spoon at a time. 

1. We do not eat Chinese food so slowly. Now my 
soup is finished at last. 

2. May I serve you to some meat and potatoes? 

1. Yes, thank you. Is that right? 

2. Quite right. Now take your 

- t miuim — n rn knife in your right hand and your 

fork in your left and cut your meat 
very carefully. 

1. Shall I cut my bread that 

way, too ? 

2. Oh, no! Break off a small piece of bread with 
your left hand, and spread a little butter on it with that 
smaller knife, like this. I like a little jam on my bread. 
Do you wish to try some ? Don’t spread it too thick. 

1. (Putting his knife into his mouth .) I like this jam 
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2. Don’t put your knife into your mouth. That will 
never do. 

1. (Putting down his knife .) Western manners are too 
hard for me. I can never learn them. 

2. Oh, yes, you can. They are easily learned. Now 
we are ready for the last course — the dessert. 

(He rings the hell , and the cook carefully takes away the 
plates and then brings in two small plates, each with a piece 
of pie on it.) 

1. Where is my knife? Oh, the cook took it away. 
Please tell him to bring me another knife to cut my pie. 

2. You don’t need a knife. It 
is not at all polite to cut pie 
with a knife. Just use that other 
fork and you can easily cut it. There, you are doing 
finely. 

1. Where did you learn so much about western 
manners ? 

2. When I was in Shanghai, I had two American 
friends, who often invited me to their home. They taught 
me western table manners, and I taught them Chinese 
table manners. When we learn to speak English, we 
must learn western manners, too. A gentleman thinks 
more of politeness than he does of clothes. 



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WRITTEN WORK 

1. Is it polite to eat meat and potatoes with a spoon ? 

2. Is it polite for a boy to wear his hat in the school- 
room? 

3. Is it polite to ask an older person, “ How old are 
you? ” 

Write two sentences telling what it is polite to do. 
Then write two sentences telling what it is impolite to do. 

PoMXt/vvtAA i&s dxy- ol/wcL 

<_ 7 ’Alt' P/yudyt^t i/Vb t/lAs j^'VbcLt&t 


IRREGULAR VERBS USED IN PART I AND PART II 


To-day or 
Every Day 


Just Now 

Yesterday 

j I am 


I am being (be'ing) 

j I was (was) 

\ you are 
* 


you are being 

i you were (were) 

[ he is 


he is being 

[he was 

I become 

I am becoming 

I became (be -came') 

I begin 

I am beginning 

I began (be gan') 

I blow 

I am blowing 

I blew 

I break 

I am breaking 

I broke (broke) 

I bring 

] 

[ am bringing 

I brought (brat) 

I build 

I am building 

I built (bzdlt) 

I buy 


[ am buying 

I bought (bat) 

I can 



I could (-eouZd) 

I catch 

I am catching 

I caught (-eauyAt) 

I come 

I am coming 

I came (-came) 

It costs 

It is costing 

It cost 

I cut 

] 

’ am cutting 

I cut 

fldo 

J 

I am doing 

ri did (did) 

[he does 

1 

he is doing 

{he did 

I draw 

i 

’ am drawing 

I drew 

I eat 

I am eating 

I ate (ate) 

I fall 

i 

’ am falling 

I fell (felZ) 

I feed 

i 

am feeding 

I fed (fed) 


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STUDENTS 

To-day or 



Every Day 

Just Now 

Yesterday 

I feel 

I am feeling 

I felt (felt) 

I find 

I am finding 

I found (found) 

i fly 

I am flying 

I flew 

I forget 

I am forgetting 

I forgot (for got') 

I get 

I am getting 

I got (got) 

I give 

I am giving 

I gave (gave) 

jl go 

[I am going 

JI went (went) 

{he goes 

{he is going 

{ he went 

[ I have 

[ I am having 

f I had (had) 

\ you have 

you are having 

l you had 

Ihe has 

l he is having 

[he had 

I hang 

I am hanging 

I hung (hung) 

I hear 

I am hearing 

I heard (heard) 

I hold 

I am holding 

I held (held) 

I keep 

I am keeping 

I kept (kept) 

I know 


I knew (&new) 

The hen lays 

The hen is laying 

The hen laid (laic 

I lay it down 

I am laying it down 

I laid it down 

I let 

I am letting 

I let 

I leave 

I am leaving 

I left (left) 

I lie 

I am lying (ly'ing) 

I lay 

I light 

I am lighting 

I lighted or lit (1 

I make 

I am making 

I made (made) 

I may 


I might (mlc//it) 

I mean 

I am meaning 

I meant (meant) 


lit) 


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To-day or 
Every Day 

Just Now 

Yesterday 

I must 

I put 

I am putting 

I put 

I read 

I ani reading 

I read (read) 

I ride 

lam riding 

I rode (rode) 

I ring 

I am ringing 

I rang (rang) 

I run 

I am running 

I ran (ran) 

I say 

I am saying 

I said (sed) 

I see 

I am seeing 

I saw 

I sell 

1 am selling 

I sold (sold) 

I shall 


I should (shouZd) 

The sun shines 

The sun is shining 

The sun shone (shone) 

I sing 

I am singing 

I sang (sang) 

I sit 

I am sitting 

I sat (sat) 

I sleep 

I am sleeping 

I slept (slept) 

I speak 

I am speaking 

I spoke (spoke) 

I spend 

I am spending 

I spent (spent) 

I spin 

I am spinning 

I spun (spun) 

I spread 

I am spreading 

I spread (spread) 

I stand 

I am standing 

I stood (stood) 

I steal 

I am stealing 

I stole (stole) 

I strike 

I am striking 

I struck (struck) 

I swim 

I am swimming 

I swam (swam) 

I take 

I am taking 

I took (took) 

I teach 

I am teaching 

I taught' (tauy/it) 

'I tell 

I am telling 

I told (told) 

I unwind 

I am unwinding 

I unwound (un wound') 


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To-day or 



Every Day 

Just Now 

Yesterday 

I wake 

I am waking 

I waked or woke (wakt or 



woke) 

I wear 

I am wearing 

I wore (wore) 

I weave 

I am weaving 

I wove (wove) 

I will 


I would (wouZd) 

I wind 

I am winding 

I wound (wound) 

I write 

I am writing 

I wrote (wrote) 

Special 

attention should be 

called to the following 

classes of 

regular verbs which 

make some changes in 

spelling w 

hen adding the suffixes ing or ed. 

Let the pupils see clearly for themselves that when the 

verb contains a single vowel followed by a single conso¬ 

nant, the final e gives the vowel a long sound. 

I bake 

I am baking 

I baked (bakt) 

I close 

I am closing 

I closed (-eloged) 

I guide 

I am guiding 

I guided (gidd'ed) 

I invite 

I am inviting 

I invited (in vit'ed) 

I like 

I am liking 

I liked (llkt) 

I recite 

I am reciting 

I recited (re Qit'ed) 

I serve 

I am serving 

I served (served) 

I use 

I am using 

I used (uged) 


Show the pupils that a single consonant after a short 
vowel is doubled before adding ing or ed. 




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To-day or 
Every Day 

Just Now 

Yesterday 

I plan 

I am planning 

I planned (planned) 

I skip 

I am skipping 

I skipped (skipt) 

I stop 

I am stopping 

I stopped (stopt) 

I tip 

I am tipping 

I tipped (tipt) 

Show that 

% and y are practically the same sound, there- 

fore it is reasonable that they should be interchanged. 

I reply 

I am replying 

I replied (re plied') 

I study 

I am studying 

I studied (stud'ied) 

I tie 

I am tying 

I tied (tied) 

Itry 

I am trying 

I tried (tried) 

ADJECTIVES IN PART II WHICH ARE MORE 

OR LESS IRREGULAR 

far 

IN COMPARISON 

farther 

farthest 

good 

better 

best 

ill 

worse (wfirse) 

worst (w first) 

little 

less 

least (least) 

many 

more 

most 

much 

more 

most 

well • 

better 

best 


Adjectives ending in y change the y to i before adding 
er or est. 


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STUDENTS 

busy 

busier 

busiest 

cloudy 

cloudier 

cloudiest 

early 

earlier 

earliest 

easy 

easier 

easiest 

happy 

happier 

happiest 

hungry 

hungrier 

hungriest 

ready 

readier 

readiest 


Adjectives ending in a, single consonant preceded by 
short vowel double the consonant before adding er or est. 


fat 

fatter 

fattest 

flat 

flatter 

flattest 

glad 

gladder 

gladdest 

sad 

sadder 

saddest 

thin 

thinner 

thinnest 

wet 

wetter 

wettest 


NOUNS THAT FORM THEIR PLURALS MORE 0 


IRREGULARLY 

One deer 

Two or more deer 

One foot 

Two or more feet 

One man 

• Two or more men 

One ox 

Two or more oxen 

One tooth 

Two or more teeth 

One woman 

Two or more women 


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95 


Nouns ending in a sound which does not combine well 
with s, add es to form the plural; es forms a new syllable 

One box Two or more boxes 

One church Two or more churches 

One class Two or more classes 

One dish Two or more dishes 

One fish Two or more fishes or fish 

One fox Two or more foxes 

One watch Two or more watches 

Nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant add es tc 
form the plural; es does not form a new syllable. 

One cargo Two or more cargoes 

One motto Two or more mottoes 

One potato Two or more potatoes 


Nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant change tin' 
y to i before adding es. 


One baby 
One body 
One butterfly 
One city 
One country 
One diary 


Two or more babies 
Two or more bodies 
Two or more butterflies 
Two or more cities 
Two or more countries 
Two or more diaries 


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One family 
One party 
One sky 
One story 


Two or more families 
Two or more parties 
Two or more skies 
Two or more stories 


Nouns ending in f or fe change the f or fe to v and add 
es ; in this case es is not a new syllable. 


One half 
One knife 


Two halves 
Two knives 


THE PRONOUNS IN THEIR VARIOUS FORMS 

(To be illustrated by a game of “Blindman’s Buff.”) 

/catch the boy. 

I put my hand on the boy’s arm. 

The boy sees me. 

You catch the boy. 

You put your hand on the boy’s arm. 
The boy sees you. 

He sees you and me. 

His eyes are open. 

You and I do not see him. 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 

We do not see the boy. 

Our eyes are not open. 

He sees us. 

Now you all see the boy. 

Your eyes are open. 

I cannot see you. 

They see the boy. 

Their eyes are open. 

The boy sees them. 

Who is catching me ? 

Whose hand is this ? 

Whom do I feel ? 

There is a girl in that window. 

She sees us all. 

Her eyes are bright. 

Do you see her ? 

There is a little bird in the tree. 

It sees us and flies away. 

Its eyes are bright, too. 

Do not catch it. 


PHONOGRAMS 


The following lists of phonograms cover practically all the sounds in 
the English language. Set I includes the phonograms used in Book I, 
Part I, and Set II, those used in Part II. Sets III and IV contain the 
phonograms introduced in Book II, Parts III and IV respectively. The 
symbols used to indicate these sounds are identical with those employed 
in Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, and may be found in the two tables 
at the beginning of the Guide to Pronunciation — a chapter which would 
be of great assistance to any teacher preparing to teach these phonograms. 
It is obviously worse than useless for any teacher to attempt to teach 
sounds of which he himself is not perfectly sure. 

In every case the pupil should first learn a new word by hearing it from 
the teacher’s lips, rather than by seeing it written with the diacritical 
marks ; hence the teacher should prepare carefully beforehand by looking 
up any doubtful words in the vocabulary at the back of the book. The 
new words written at the beginning of each lesson are marked only so 
far as the phonograms they contain have become familiar to the pupil. 
All unmarked words must be taught as sight words. 


SET I 


a as in hay, name 

a “ “ man, hat 
a “ “ arm, fa'ther 
a “ “ all, waik, paw 
e “ “ he, eat 
e “ “ hen, egg, head 


I as in fine, lie 
* 1 “ “ In, fish, lull 
O “ “ go, toe, boat 
O “ “ not, hot 
O “ “ do, to, who 
u “ “ u§e, you 


* Care should be taken not to let this sound be given like the sound of e in 
he, but with a short sound as in pick, city. 

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U ! 

as in run, ftp 

p as in p6n 

y 

a 

“ eye, my, fly 

r 

“ “ rat 

y 

a 

“ city 

s 

“ “ sit 

ee 

ll 

“ feet, sheet 

§ 

“ “ Ig, boy’g 

(JO 

u 

“ book, foot, good 

t 

“ “ tea 




V 

“ “ give 

b 

ll 

“ boy 

w 

“ “ we 


u 

“ can 

X 

“ “ b5x 

d 

it 

“ day 

y 

“ “ yet 

f 

it 

“ fan 

z 

“ “ bftzz 

g 

it 

“ get 

til 

“ “ the, this 

h 

It 

“ have 

til 

“ “ thing 

k 

It 

“ kite 

sk 

“ “ she, ship, dish 

1 

ll 

“ lay 

# j-Qg 

“ “ wing, fly'ing 

m 

u 

“ me 

ch 

“ “ mftch 

n 

a 

“ now 






SET II 


A 

a 

as 

in care 

au 

as in uauy/it'er, eauy/it 

i 

ll 

“ organ 

aw 

“ “ paw 

a 

a 

“ ask, can’t, Amgr'ica, away' ew 

“ “ new, renew' 

a 

a 

“ Mon'day 

ea 

“ “ seat, read 

a 

a 

“ what, wag 

oa 

“ “ boat, coat 

-L 

e 

u 

“ delighted 

ou 

“ “ out 

e 

ll 

“ her, garn 

ow 

“ u now 

6 

a 

“ or, or'der, ought 

do 

“ “ tooth, food 

6 

u 

“ son, oth'er 

est 

“ “ best, old'est 

0 

u 

“ wom'an 

ed 

“ “ lived, Earned 

u 

u 

“ full, put 

ed 

“ “ seated 


ll 

“ burn 

ed 

“ “ liked, walked 


* See page 98, footnote. 


100 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


bl 

as 

in black 

iy 

as 

in klnd'ly 

cl 

a 

“ claw 

sm 


“ small 

fl 

<( 

“ flow 

sp 

« 

“ speak 

gl 

(( 

« glad 

st 

u 

“ stand 

pi 

u 

“ play 

sw 

a 

“ swim 

si 

(c 

“ slow 

qu 

a 

“ quack 

9 

u 

" Q6nt 

wh 

a 

" when 

ck 

u 

“ e5ck 

ight 

a 

“ light 

g 

u 

“ gentle (jgn't’l) 

* br 

a 

“ bright 

j 

a 

“ jam 

tr 

a 

“ tree 

n 

(C 

“ thank 

wr 

a 

u write 

ng 

u 

“ sang 





* Be careful not to introduce br, tr, wr, or any other combinations of r with 
an initial consonant until the phonograms bl, cl, Jl, gl, pi, and si have been famil¬ 
iar to the students for several weeks, as l and r are often confused. 


SET III 


e 

as 

in eight 

gr as in grow 

± 

i 

a 

“ ide'a 

pr 

it 

“ priqe 

X 

0 

u 

“ obey' 

tr 

a 

“ tree 

u 

U 

“ unite' 

wr 

a 

“ write 

e 

a 

“ prgs'ent 

dg 

a 

“ 6dge 

br 

u 

“ bring 

qu 

a 

“ e5n'q?tgr 

cr 

a 

“ cry 

•eh 

a 

“ e'eho 

dr 

a 

“ draw 

5 

a 

“ 6xam'ple 

fr 

a 

“ fri’gnd 

ph 

it 

“ phon'ogram 


(’) “ “ given (giv"n), often (5f'’n), little (llt't’l), battle (bat't’l), also 
I’ll, he’ll, we’ll, to indicate voice glide. 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


101 


SET IY 


§ as in th§re, 

wh§re 

wh 

=hw as in when, what 

u “ “ rude 


ci 

= sh “ 

“ an'cient 

ai “ “ ram, wait 

si 

II 

GO 

“ pgn'sion 

oi “ “ oil 


ti 

= sh “ 

“ na/tion 

o 

& 

>> 

o 


sci 

A 

GG 

II 

“ eon'scioiis 

= sh as in 

machine' 

ce 

= sh “ 

" o'^ean 

i =e “ “ 

police' 

se 

= sh “ 

“ nau'seotts 

l =e “ “ 

bird 

gb 

= f “ 

“ rough, la?igh 

y = e “ “ 

my r'tie 





SET V. 

— Division A. 



Sight Words in 

Part I. 

Lessons 

i 1-16 

a 

* girl 


on 

* two 

any 

has 


one 

very 

* boy 

have 


open 

walk 

brother 

her 


picture 

Wang 

chair 

here 


please 

* write 

* Chinese 

home 


put 

water 

city 

I 


says 

what 

come 

into 


some 

where 

deer 

like 


teacher 

who 

desk 

little 


thank 

window 

does 

milk 


their 

yes 

* English 

* morning 


there 

you 

flower 

Mr. 


they 

your 

* four 

much 


this 


friend 

name 


three 


full 

of 

i 

* too 



* Words thus marked are needed for the written work in the latter half of 
Part I; hence pupils should learn to spell these first. 


102 ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


SET V — Division B. 


Sight Words 

m Part I. Lessons 

17-32 

* afternoon 

finger 

pull 

another 

for 

school 

anything 

from 

sentence 

away 

* good-by 

* seven 

* baby 

hang 

* ship 

bird 

know 

sister 

blackboard 

large 

* son 

both 

lesson 

* study 

bring 

long 

# the 

* build 

mother 

them 

cargo 

* must 

to-day 

catch 

nest 

tongue 

, * daughter 

new 

*under 

draw 

notebook 

wash 

# eight 

off 

which 

face 

other 

with 

family 

paper 

*woman 

father 

pencil 

word 


use 


* Words thus marked are needed for the written work in the latter half of 
Part I; hence pupils should learn to spell these first. 

Some of the words in the above lists are not strictly speaking sight words, 
hut are given here that they may be especially drilled upon. A few sight words 
containing some familiar sounds have those sounds indicated as the words are 
introduced at the head of each lesson, even though the pronunciation of the 
word as a whole cannot be fully shown. 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


103 


SERIES OF WORDS IN PART I 


a 


day 

bake 

game 

ate 


gave 

baby 

hay 

cake 

name 





lay 

make 






may 

take 






say 







play 

cakes 






stay 



a 




an 

and 

at 

catch 


cap 

hang 

can 

hand 

cat 



map 


fan 

land 

fat 

catches 




man 

sand 

hat 




am 

pan 

stand 

rat 







that 

e 



has 


be 

these 

bee 

feet 

here 



he 


see 

sheet 



we 


three 


deer 



she 


e 




hen 

egg 

get 

bell 

bed 

desk 


men 


let 

tell 




pen 

leg 

net 

well 




ten 


wet 


very 

sentence 


then 




next 

pencil 



104 

ENGLISH 

FOR CHINESE 

STUDENTS 


I 

kite 

I 

fine 

ride 

five 


write 

line 



die 


mine 

riding 


lie 


shine 


like 







time 

ill 

dish 

ring 

i 

is 

build 

milk 

bill 

fish 

sing 

his 



fill 

wish 

wing 


building 


hill 


thing 



ship 

mill 

goldfish 


it 



sill 



sit 

in 


will 

starfish 




six 

still 



give 

into 





live 


window 






this 



5 



Oh 

nose 

row 

old 

notebook 


close 

know 

cold 


go 

those 


gold 


no 



hold 

open 

so 

door 


holds 



floor 



home 

toe 





toes 






ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


105 


6 

hot ox on 

not box 

pot 

flower-pot 

u 



use 


you 


using 

u 

your 

up 

fun 

but 

much 

cup 

run 




sun 

buzz 

must 


y 

by 

my 

fly 

try 

a 

are cargo arm large 


off 


* 


long 


study 


father 


far cart 

star 


starfish 

* In Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Guide to Pronunciation, § 115, the sound 
o in these words is given as a sound somewhere between a and o, or 6. 



ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 





ea = e 


ear 

eat 

sea 

weak 

read 

fear 

meat 

tea 

speak 


hear 

neat 



reading 

near 

seat 




year 



o = oo 



do 

too 

room 



to 





two 





who 





oa = 6 


boat 

coat 

goat 


all 

ball 

call 

fall 

tall 

small 


a = aw 

paw walk 

claw 

draw 


ea = e 

bread 

read 


oo 

book good 

hook 

look good-by 


please 


school 


daughter 


foot 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


107 


ow = ou 


cow 

our 

how 


now 

out 

down 



MISCELLANEOUS SIMILARITIES OF SOUND 

any other there full come 

many mother where pull some 

another 

For sight words in Part I, see Set V, Divisions A and B, in the Sets of Phono¬ 
grams, pages 101 and 102. There is no separate list of sight words for Part 
II, but these may be found from the vocabulary by taking all the words 
not marked with an asterisk, which are not included in any of the series of 
words given under Part II. 


SERIES OF WORDS IN PART II 
a 

lake ate came made 

wake late tame 

bake mane 

baker 

wave 

a 

as glad 

has 


sale 

clay 


108 

ENGLISH FOR 

CHINESE 

STUDENTS 


best 

ever 

better 

e 

fell 

end 

yellow 

rest 

clever 

letter 

sell 

mend 


west 

never 


well 

send 

spend 


guest 


cent 






went 

felt 

friend 





i 



find ride 

invite 

wise 

hire 

mine 

kind side 

quite 




mind wide 

wind 

unwind guide 

white 

6 



bone old 

only 

whole 

hoe 

close 

shone gold 

stone hold 


wrote 



told 


ou 





our 





flour 





hour 





ck 



black 

cluck 

block 


pick 

quack 

duck 

cock 


tick 



clock 


quick 


duckling 

o’clock 


thick 



rock 


chick 



tock 


chicken 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


109 


flaw 


burn 


flaw 

saw 


deep 

feed 

keep 

need 

peep 

seed 

sleep 

weed 


indeed 


cut 

nut 


fl 

flat 

A 

U 

fur 


a 

lawn caught 

taught 

ee = e 

feel keen 

wheel 

week 

oa = o 

boat 
coat 
float 
goat 

u 

just 
must 

y 

sky 
try 
why 


seem 


street 


number 


110 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


shop 

stop 

top 

dark cart 

park part 

start 

party 


cheap 

leave 

leap 

weave 

reap 

weaver 

meal 


steal 

clean 


mean 


6 

box 

fox 


a 

farm 

farmer 


garden 

gardener 

ow = 6 

blow 

flow 

show 

slow 

ot> 

cook 

took 

ea = e 


repeat 

speak 

weak 

neatly 


read 

easy 


easier 

reader 

easily 


from 


sharp 

hard 

carpenter 

march 


farther 


stood 


wood 


clear 

season 

dear 

teach 

nearly 



ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


cool 

tool 

foolish 


igh = i 

high light 

might 
night 
right 
sight 
bright 


ng 


hang 


hung 


rang 




sang 

dead 

ea = e 

bread 


head 


spread 


read 


thread 


ready 

oo 

loom soon food poor 

room spoon 


a 

fast 

last 

past 

ou 

pound 

round 

around 

wound 

unwound 


delighted 


king 


smooth 


112 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


i 

ship 

skip 

tip 

ear = er 

earn early earth heard 

learn 

6 


Monday 

none 

some 

front 

son 

second 


one 





money 

nothing 

something 




month 


sometimes 





er 

serve term 


ou = a 

bought 

brought 

ew = u 

blew 

few 

flew 

knew 

c 

face piece city cent 

place 


ENGLISH CHINESE VOCABULARY 



Translated into Easy Wenli by Mr. Wang Ivan Ho, B.S. 

The best guide to pronunciation for this vocabulary is to be found in the phonograms 
themselves. These phonograms are not an artificial method of securing correct pronunciation 
merely at the beginning of the study of English ; but, based, as they are, on an international 
dictionary, they will enable a student to learn at the very outset how to use the dictionary, 
and will help him to acquire that valuable asset to a liberal education — the “ dictionary habit.” 

The diacritical markings follow those used in Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, except 
that, instead of respelling words to indicate the pronunciation, it has been thought best to 
. make use of the second table of symbols given in the Guide to Pronunciation of that dictionary. 
The silent letter in a digraph and also silent e at the end of a word or in ed of the past tense 
and past participle are, however, marked out in order to simplify matters for the beginner. 
Occasionally respelling has been found necessary, but it has been avoided as much as possible, 
lest it should confuse a pupil just learning to spell. 

The obscure sounds of a and e in unaccented syllables are indicated by double underlining 
instead of by italics. Combinations of letters already taught as phonograms, as ing, est , au , 
aw , ck, are not marked in the word-lists at the head of each lesson, but are marked in this 
vocabulary, so that they can be referred to in case of doubt. 

On account of the difficulty of printing Chinese characters in America, the silent letters 
have had to be indicated by oblique lines drawn through them, instead of by italics, as else¬ 
where in the book. 


a - 0 n. m. 

a bout Jg) [11 # fj&$, a go M 

a I/ sent 


a-e eor 

' ~ A-tt 


d W$cJ$ 


aft 

aft er nooi/^f^ 


Ii-i* 

a lon^ jigj 
al'wa^s Ji 
am jj| (IStJI) 


113 



114 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


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A me/i-ean fHIlIA# ^ t>y«§|^ 

to |RI$U 13. 

and #. bak^ £. &tf. 

ani mal gft^, HR. bak' er ^fjfA 


an ott/er JglJ—* 


an 


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a f \ 


ban $ 

be j§; 
b^u'tT ful 
be -ea%$ 
be €om^, 
bed#; 


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arm 'pf 
a round / 3|j:[!J 

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ask pg 

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August mmAn 

a^tum^ ^ 


bee §1?$!$: 
be for^fj 0 
be gan JE 
be gin 

beT\i,^ 

best 

be/ ter £$? 
be tween *|gj # 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


115 


bTrd JU#. 

bi% n 
Bla^k (^) (*§) 
blatyi 

blew p^ o neft.(.\i£isi) 

blister 7 ]^ 

bl8\k^i.7tC d loW<£- 
bl5 \' nfto P 5 ^o 

Uu\ gg& 
bo\t /J>$gf 
bowman fjfefi 
body 
bon^ H* 

book ^ 

both Ml®. f^l^. 
bought H (jii|p]) 

bo VI5% 

box 

boy 5 ElC 

tr^Mo m, mm. 


bre^d^ 
br^ak 


V 3 fc 0 Jt 5 h. fl© 

bring 

brother 

-gbrJsh@)^.^)(l|, 

Wt ffi. @» 

butter 
bu/ter fly$]| 

b\y M 

b2z^»»^» 

by £ 2 , &. &» 

by and by -d?K|f 

c 

«ak^ 

cal end ar B|} 
(qal'en der) 


116 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


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Bt. 0 . 

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•ear^ 

•cap /j'ljlf 
•ear^ for 

tak\ car^ of 
•car^ful ggfl| 

■careful ly 
•€a/go 
■ear pen ter 
-cart 
•cat 

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^V^olSo(ii^) 

9 5nt fill ft 


ch ' a V f | 0 

ch % MJi. 

chVnito^«, 

chilli/ en %%%% 

Chl'na tfag^ 4>3p # 

ChT ne^tja t^iUAa 

church 

? Tt/ y MTfr* tB#, 

clas\ ^M« fill, 

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clever |®PJ. gig, 
cllm^ J£, 

■elo^k «tl 
■elos^, HH! 0 P0il o 

clos\ i£ 0 ^i£ 0 


«losVly^tf*PS^ 






ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


117 


-eloth^ SIL 
■cloud ® 

cloud'y#®. mm. 

<o\t ito 

«o)s;k tWk 

■eoid m?§. mm. 

to have a coldjjj^^ dark H 0 . 

to take cold ^£|f JU,^ 
col or 11^ dS ^ Q 

deHd^E 


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of course ||j ££ 
-cow 
-cup If 

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(edl'er) 

<o m k M. M 

V /\w 


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l ‘pna» 


de^r 

vX w / 


<™k M^.° e S§ “ 

deep $g 
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-cost igfit, jg'^o _ 

de li^t ed $fc|| 

de %v /f yi tfcHJl&itl 
desk^iim 

■e^S/try [g a *$gf. ^rt'^glpfo 


cotton 


118 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


dVa rog\\^ Mira, 
di a ry Q fg 0 @|| 0 


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did i% If. m^m) M^r If. n. 


di^ 5E, C. 

dig®. Mo 

dn/ner $£$5, 

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do IK 1 f 0 

this will do pj^ 
this will not do *pj 


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^ rn mn.m. 

eSfrth it&i^ a 


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y 5 £c*ii# 
e * 4 &. Hfc. 
eg* IB. So 
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(^^^)cA\ lt een'-^A 

don't 


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down T 
draty |to 


s%Ht yA+ 


el'der^.^ 


Ife. 


eldest 


p Ipv on -4——» 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


119 


endji. mu. 


M' 35 X.HAo. 

e reet^lE. g*. 

^ st \ tmX 



ev'€r $» # B$3£. f*. 
e/?ry£. 4 $ # 
ex sept^^. It*., 


F 


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fan H 0 MUlo 

far ^ 
farm Jf|i|£ 

farm'er^ffA. 

fa/ ther jgjt 
fast §pi # |jg Fa]* 

fat *flE 0 i§. 


fa / the'r ^ 

Feb^u a ry HJaf-/} 
feed |U # 
feel 

feet £WL%l* 

f el\*£ a a a («p) 
fSt®* ®^ggj) 

few PF^ a 4/'* 
fif / teen / -j- 

fif / teenth / f5-f-jFL 

fifth 

fif'ti eth 
fif^ty £+ 

find 

find out 

fin^ HHo fflilffl* 

finely 
fin / gef Af-fg 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


fin / ish.Jj§ # 

flat/nel gflggg 

flSsh ?£Ptt. 

flSt ^PoTOo 

fl a^ *. igib. 

fl?sh fa, fat:, 
flew M 
ft. v 2 . 

flo^k^ 

flofyr 

flour |gU 

flo^M 

flow 7 ?!* 

fly Si. 

foolish'jg # gj^ 

^X. 


f8r a. ft. 

f8/4n (^,) 

for ge/'gfj* 
fork 

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fflr ty gEJ -f- 
foi\r gt] 

fofyr 7 teen 7 -p23 
fofy/ teenth / Jf|-p29 
fourth ^29 

f o x 3KS 
Frl'da^ MS93 l H 

friend 

from 

front HU®o #011®* 

ful\M, 
fun #|jgc 
fur flints. 

G 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


121 


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gfyest 

g^d^lS. 

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f$en't'l) ms *° 

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8 W^ # JJ. ® 0 

giv^ up 

gldb^; J $ 0 |HJgf§. 
go &. ±. 
go^§ £ (fill±) 

W 111 # 

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hap / pyfcWo #• 
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hard $g 9 H®, @H, 
haj # (j|]i£) 
hat lpg # 2k® 
hav^ 

ha^|E^ 


gold / fish / ^ r fi # 
good # 0 &o #?. he flj. fr. (IhM) 

g&d-by'pf ^ tolJ^F^Ig) he^dguf® 


122 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


help jjf/ 

heipM m&izm 0 ^p 

hen ijtlt 

her 

her^ 

her§ '&-kkN\ 
hefself^icAia 


im 

h*H /J'llj 

him f[ji 

hrnis&lf'fljgg 

h [ r ^ TOoJfilo 
hi§ 

hoi? lioif® 

hold ^oilo^f^oSTo 

hoi^dS^ InBolfeigH® 

hom^ 


hook 

hop^ #|g 
hSt ftoMo 

lsjour 

how inMomMo^Mo 
hundred 0 
hundredth |f|—"gf 
hung &o»o(&±^) 
hun / gry fk 
hunt $| 

I 

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ri\ &%} 

il\ 

I’m 

impollt^ liMefilfa 

w polity %mzM 
in $®P*jo 
in deed^ 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


123 


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in vTt^ 0 fpf o 

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jfist JE^-e SIH, 

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keen flj. |®|jc, 

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kep 

kn \^ 0 |^ 0 

kind fcjgC 


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/EJl 

L 

15 k^ fj 

lamp 
land J § 0 
larg^ A' 

last 

at last £ljjgi 

lat^ jg 


124 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


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laic^fB 

ia}( 

le^P SS* 

leap year pej^ 
lefyrn |pt|f 

le^ H 0 ^lj 0 

left 

left £ 

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let 

let 7 ter ^-{g: o „ 

11^ 'IJtEJVo ^p« 

h^t'hous^jg 

«w* *]£.&• 

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lm$ $E. tr • ^T^J. 

lion Up 


list 0 g. £!£. 

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a little &/}?„ 

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living ^fp 

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Mo 1 H. 

loom HH 

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mad^ ff. a % a -gGfr. (ji£l¥) 

mak^ 

man \ 9 Xfl. 

man\ 

man'nSV^ t§®| # 


map ijjj[jgj 
march fy, 
March PIISHB 
maj\ PpfT 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


125 


m5 

® 0 Jlfg. 

m? Hn mm. m. 

me^t j^J 

mem' ber 

m «n g\$r 

mend \^ o fgjf 0 

middle*®! tb^S 
(mld'd'lX |aJo 

ml^t pj^ # (Hip]) II 

milk fL 0 +fLo 

m^$|. XM J 

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never mind 0]’-fcM 
min^ 

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mis$ |§|^ 9 


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mis tak^ 

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mon ky XU 
month 
mor^ 

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most jgr^J 
motf/er -gj; 
motto 
Mr. (mister) 
much =^J 

mu^ie 

must 

my 

N 

namb, • 

nar' ro\\( 

neV 


126 


ENGLISH FOR CHINESE STUDENTS 


nearly 

nec\t H t ii t 
ne$/ ly 
ne^k gg 
need f|jg 0 

nestjyg, 

»&«. «£$* 

nev'er |pjfff | 0 

newff 

next rf§“ a 
nifcfot ^ 
nin^ ji 

nineteen +a 
ninfif teenth / m-tx 
nin§ ti eth MX-f 
nin^ ty ;ft,+ 
ninth %% 
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